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benmarwick / rotate-axis-labels-ggplot2.R
Last active March 30, 2024 08:00
I can never remember how to rotate the x-axis labels with ggplot2: theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1, vjust = 0.5))
# Adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/7267364/1036500 by Andrie de Vries
# This is it: theme(axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 90, hjust = 1, vjust = 0.5))
library(ggplot2)
td <- expand.grid(
hjust=c(0, 0.5, 1),
vjust=c(0, 0.5, 1),
angle=c(0, 45, 90),
Here are a few questions that will tee us up for a good conversation:
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@adactio
adactio / micropub.php
Last active January 20, 2023 16:09
Minimal micropub endpoint.
<?php
# Licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication
# http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
$mysite = 'https://adactio.com/'; // Change this to your website.
$token_endpoint = 'https://tokens.indieauth.com/token';
$_HEADERS = array();
foreach(getallheaders() as $name => $value) {
@elefontpress
elefontpress / gist:6159651
Last active April 16, 2023 02:58
This is the contract Bearded uses for client work on a time and materials basis. It's worked for us, but I am not a lawyer, so please run it by yours before you use it! Regardless, do whatever you like with it. Use it, share it, change it ... go nuts. Our original contract from 2008 was for fixed-price projects and was based on Andy Clark'e Cont…

Bearded's Hourly Contract

Date: [[Date of Document]] Between [Our Company] and [Your Company]

Summary

We’re not big on formality, but sometimes it’s best to have a few simple things written down so that we’re all on the same page. In this contract you won’t find complicated legal terms or large passages of unreadable text. We have no desire to trick you into signing something that you might later regret. We do want what’s best for the safety of both parties, now and in the future.

@nicoleslaw
nicoleslaw / 1_Tiny_Content_Framework.md
Last active January 23, 2024 02:28
Tiny Content Framework

Tiny Content Framework

About the project

This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the bottom of things with clients and other people you work with.

Give me feedback on Twitter (@nicoleslaw) or by email (nicole@nicolefenton.com).

Contents

@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real