This is where I’m gonna sound old and out of touch. Kids today, they don’t know the value of cursive! Now granted I’m not that old, but I did grow up in France which has (had?) different views on cursive. Growing up, I was made to learn cursive and use it. In fact, French kids of … Read moreGet off my lawn!
A few weeks ago, I got an email saying the Simpson Library will be culling its art-related collection (everything in the Ns), and went there to see which books I thought should stay. When I got there, I saw many more books with the “marked for culling” white slips than I had expected. I madly … Read moreHunting and gathering in the stacks
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
Walking paid for my dissertation. It’s a centerpiece of my research. I teach walkability regularly in class. I figured it was about time I talked about it on my blog. When I was working on my dissertation, which really wasn’t that long ago, study participants had to wear an accelerometer/pedometer for a week. Those things … Read morePromenade
This October is insane for me: three conferences in a month. So this means I’m reminded of how cold it is in amtrak trains, how terrible institutional coffee is, and how all conferences are so similar, even when the topic is different. Nothing like the fifth or sixth session at a conference to help your … Read moreConferences galore
Weller’s ideas regarding the integration of research on the web are pretty attractive. Who wouldn’t want unpaid but knowledgeable volunteers to help you resolve problems, find mistakes, test your ideas? Unfortunately, I think his rose-colored glasses are a bit too much. In our present state of data-richness, where you can find information about almost anything, … Read more40 acres and a mule
My main goal in participating in DoOO is to improve my web portfolio. My courses are already all on my site, and I think the interface is pretty functional. However, until yesterday, the portfolio part of my website was lacking. All I had was an About page with a paragraph of text and a picture, … Read moreDoing Something with my Web Portfolio