Summary: <p>Our coverage of <code>rstudio::conf</code> 2018 continues! In this episode I reconnect with the first-ever guest of the R-Podcast, RStudio software engineer Yihui Xie. In our conversation you'll hear about Yihui's journey since joining RStudio, his vision of how <code>blogdown</code> and <code>bookdown</code> could lead to a streamlined publishing worflow, and much more. I hope you enjoy this episode!</p> <h3>Conversation with Yihui Xie</h3> <ul> <li>Yihui's supplemental post: <a href="https://yihui.name/en/2018/02/r-podcast/" rel="nofollow">yihui.name/en/2018/02/r-podcast/</a> </li> <li>Rbind project: <a href="https://support.rbind.io/about/" rel="nofollow">support.rbind.io/about/</a> </li> <li>The New and Improved R-Podcast Site: <a href="https://support.rbind.io/2017/04/27/r-podcast-website/" rel="nofollow">support.rbind.io/2017/04/27/r-podcast-website/</a> </li> <li>REWORK: <a href="https://basecamp.com/books/rework" rel="nofollow">basecamp.com/books/rework</a> </li> <li> <code>blogdown</code>: Creating websites with R Markdown (available online and print): <a href="https://bookdown.org/yihui/blogdown/" rel="nofollow">bookdown.org/yihui/blogdown/</a> </li> <li>Keeping up with blogdown (Mara Averick): <a href="https://maraaverick.rbind.io/2017/10/keeping-up-with-blogdown/" rel="nofollow">maraaverick.rbind.io/2017/10/keeping-up-with-blogdown/</a> </li> </ul> <h3>Feedback</h3> <ul> <li>Leave a comment on this episode's [post]({{< ref "024-rstudioconf-yihui-xie.md" >}})</li> <li>Email the show: <code>thercast[at]gmail.com</code> </li> <li>Use the R-Podcast [contact page]({{< ref "contact.md" >}})</li> <li>Leave a voicemail at <code>+1-269-849-9780</code> </li> </ul> <h3>Music Credits</h3> <ul> <li>Opening and closing themes: <strong>Training Montage</strong> by <a href="http://ocremix.org/artist/5043/willrock" rel="nofollow">WillRock</a> from the <a href="http://ocremix.org/events/returnallrobots/" rel="nofollow">Return All Robots Remix Album</a> at <a href="http://ocremix.org/" rel="nofollow">ocremix.org</a> </li> </ul>
