Longleaf pines in the Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, USA

I'd like for this site to be a place where I gather my thoughts and tools, and then grow, maintain, and connect them. More on the concept of Digital Gardening. Here is a log of recent updates to mine.

Hobbies and interests

• Nature exploration and travel
  • Birding
  • Butterflies
  • Dragonflies and damselflies
  • Orchids, lilies, and other native plants
  • Camping/backpacking
  • Travel philosophy
• Disc golf
• Indoor climbing
• Raw denim
• Media
  • Podcasts
  • Books and essays
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Games
• City cycling and urbanism
• Language learning
• Cooking

Professional

• Former academic ecologist, PhD from the University of Texas at Austin.
• Currently a data scientist turned strategic advisor in healthcare, focusing on care quality in Medicare Advantage (specifically health plan Star Ratings).
• Fluent in Tidyverse R and SQL, rusty in Python and NetLogo.

My other sites

• Pinboard - interesting links - articles, essays, tools, reference, etc.
• Bluesky
• Instagram
• Github - professional work since 2017 is exclusive to an internal site. But I should start creating more personal side projects here, starting with this website!
• eBird (no social features)
• iNaturalist

All content on this site written by Roger Shaw.