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Ben Kates

Data visualization and analytics

Philadelphia, PA

Member Since Nov, 2022

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About Me

I'm Ben, a data visualization developer working at the Urban Institute.

As a technologist specializing in data analytics and visualization, many of my projects employ JavaScript (Svelte, React, d3), R and Shiny. I have experience in data visualization platforms Microsoft Power BI and Looker Studio as well as other analytics tools like Google Analytics.

My Tech Stack

Svelte D3 JavaScript R ggplot2

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Recent Activity

Jul 8 2023

Wrote an article

Heatmapping in Data Studio Using Custom Viz (Part 2)

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Our Favorite R Shiny UI Skins

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Music in A Virtual World: How musical events, communities, and learning has moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wrote an article

Self-Care Analytics: What Google Trends tell us about how we’re taking care of ourselves in a time of isolation

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Normalized Engagement: A Google Data Studio Social Competitor Report

Wrote an article

Google Analytics Dashboards in R Shiny

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Scratching the Surface of Community Visualizations in Google Data Studio

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My First BarCamp Philly Experience

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Enrich Your Data: Build Your Own Dataset Through Web Scraping and Other Sources

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Makeover Monday: Visualizing the Emoji Mashup Twitter Bot