Almost twenty years ago, I saw my first Sanborn map. In the years since, I’ve used these maps for work in all sorts of contexts, and I keep coming back to how beautiful they are. They show the information they were meant for – assessing risk for fire insurance – but also so much more. … Read moreI ♥ Maps
Playing for work, it turns out, is both rewarding and completely exhausting. I found this out first-hand after a double dose of games workshops this week. First, I attended the “level up” workshop which focused on Aris, an open-source iOS game generator. I got to develop a game in a team with other profs. Our … Read moreGames Games Games
I wanted to bring together the stuff I learned from the infographics course I taught this semester and the workshop I led earlier this week. But then I realized trying to bring it all together in a blog post would make it way too meander-y, aside-packed, and also likely perpetually unfinished. So instead I’m going … Read moreInfographics ad nauseam
When I have the time, I’ll be making a more detailed post about infographics here. Bur for right now, if you’re in the infographics workshop, resources are below: The Minard Infographic HISP469 Student Work Dataset 1 (sav format) Dataset 2 (xls format – percentages etc. pre-calculated) Dataset 3 (xls format – percentages etc. pre-calculated)
I have been grading for what feels like an eternity, and I've got another eternity of grading ahead of me. It's tough to stay positive, so for your enjoyment and mine, a treat: How about that French 80s music video awesomeness? Génial, non? Ok, back to grading. See you on the other side.