The Bus Has to Jump 50 Feet — with Greg Swinehart
When Greg Swinehart mocked up the first rstudio.org, JJ Allaire and Joe Cheng sent it back for looking too much like a “real software company.” He's been at it ever since, from hex stickers to Shiny's new look. He and Michael Chow get into the "JJ Allaire patented heat index," why the best design would have no words on it, and the four-person crew with a broken laptop that redesigned every Safeway. Plus, Michael's rstudio::conf pecan pie heist.
Episode notes
Greg Swinehart (Posit) joins Michael Chow to talk about designing RStudio's first website for an open source crowd, JJ Allaire's "too hot" note, and making Shiny apps easy to brand for places with strict branding standards. Also covered: Greg's podcast Great Bad Movies, the Fast Five heist crew, and his claim that he publishes under the name Hadley Wickham.
- Why RStudio's first website couldn't look like a real software company
- The JJ Allaire patented heat index, and what "too hot" means
- How playing drums in a band turned Greg into a designer
- Shiny apps that match your brand without you thinking about it
- A four-person crew, a broken laptop, and every Safeway
- The CHOP data scientist who made Greg cry
- Spotting AI slop from a mile away
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