I've been using R for a few years now and have found it fantastic for all the data manipulation and visualisation I was doing, plus you can even use it to build web apps! So to help people get going with R I've put together a pre-tutorial to show off a little of what it can do and help you work out if it is for you. Why use R? Overview and case studies One thing I missed in the video was to explain what R actually is, so here's my super brief definition... R is an open source data analysis scripting (or programming) language which was originally developed for statistical analysis but is now used more broadly in many scientific and business fields. It is my second ever video tutorial so please be kind but I do welcome suggestions for improving them or requests for topics/questions you are interested in. Also, what do you think of the new logo?

I'm big believer in beauty in simplicity... most of the time.  But regardless this is a great presentation that walks through some table formatting options that produce a much more readable table.  Interestingly the starting point is quite similar to the Microsoft defaults... Clear Off the Table