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The Migration of the Word Honey This map was a first for me. It was my first collaborative map, it was my first map I worked on...
23rd Jan 2020
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The Migration of the Word Honey

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23rd Jan 2020
This map was a first for me. It was my first collaborative map, it was my first map I worked on using LinkedIn’s chat as much as Photoshop, and it was my first exposure to Guerrilla Cartography. Karen reached out to me to work on the Atlas in a Day project, but immediately we had...
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Book review: Against the Grain, by James C. Scott The book that etched the deepest grooves in my mind last year was Against the Grain by James C....
1st Jan 2020
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Book review: Against the Grain, by James C. Scott

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1st Jan 2020
The book that etched the deepest grooves in my mind last year was Against the Grain by James C. Scott. It explores how the unique characteristics of grain-based agriculture shaped the early history of states. While I did learn many interesting historical facts and trends from...
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Unconventional strategies for practicing Spanish Language skills are highly multi-dimensional*, so while learning a language, it's important to come...
26th Dec 2019
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Unconventional strategies for practicing Spanish

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26th Dec 2019
Language skills are highly multi-dimensional*, so while learning a language, it's important to come at it from lots of different directions. Here are some of the tricks I've used to practice Spanish that I haven't heard so many other people use. (They're likely useful for other...
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Vacuum tube nostalgia Music enthusiasts will tell you there's nothing quite like "tube sound", the warm, rich sound...
21st Oct 2019
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Vacuum tube nostalgia

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21st Oct 2019
Music enthusiasts will tell you there's nothing quite like "tube sound", the warm, rich sound quality that old vacuum tube amplifiers bring to the music played through them. And they'll pay top dollar for it! Once considered obsolete, vintage vacuum tube amps now sell at a...
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On [there being more than] liberty Recently, Ayaz Matin sent me an email asking the following question: When I was looking at your...
9th Sep 2019
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On [there being more than] liberty

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9th Sep 2019
Recently, Ayaz Matin sent me an email asking the following question: When I was looking at your website I came across these words: Individual liberty is the single most important value that society should uphold. I’m more utilitarian and communitarian now. I still believe we...
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Markets in everything at the Duomo You're not allowed inside the Duomo with your shoulders uncovered. We learned this the hard way. I...
11th Aug 2019
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Markets in everything at the Duomo

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11th Aug 2019
You're not allowed inside the Duomo with your shoulders uncovered. We learned this the hard way. I was wearing a spaghetti strap dress (it's 92℉/33℃ and humid here in Milan), so they stopped my little group at the entrance, after we'd already purchased 3 tickets. Luckily, we...
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Contemplating calendars My friends say that my calendaring practice is atypical (and mock me incessantly for it). They're...
10th Jul 2019
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Contemplating calendars

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10th Jul 2019
My friends say that my calendaring practice is atypical (and mock me incessantly for it). They're not wrong, but I'll contend that most people underutilize this ubiquitous tool. A calendar is not just a reminder device for keeping track of external events. Used right, a calendar...
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Travel photos are underrated I snapped many photos while wandering Haifa last week, as I always do whenever I see something new...
9th Jun 2019
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Travel photos are underrated

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9th Jun 2019
I snapped many photos while wandering Haifa last week, as I always do whenever I see something new or interesting while exploring a city. I was with my friend Tyler, who conspicuously does not take photos while exploring a new place. I asked him why, and his answer was, "It's a...
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Google Docs' sheet-of-paper metaphor For ages, I've wondered why Google Docs still clings to the sheet-of-paper metaphor when lots of its...
12th May 2019
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Google Docs' sheet-of-paper metaphor

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12th May 2019
For ages, I've wondered why Google Docs still clings to the sheet-of-paper metaphor when lots of its users never print out most of their documents. Of course it does make sense for "Print layout" to be an option. Many people do print docs, and students make up a huge portion of...
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OSS lazy-loads governance A special characteristic of open source software (OSS) is that you don't need institutional support...
7th Apr 2019
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OSS lazy-loads governance

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7th Apr 2019
A special characteristic of open source software (OSS) is that you don't need institutional support to get started. It's interesting to compare this to physical infrastructure, like dams or railroads. Before you can begin those projects, you need upfront capital, permits,...
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Independence for whom? I recently spent a day at Sea Ranch, a strange and beautiful place. Sea Ranch is a planned community...
23rd Mar 2019
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Independence for whom?

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23rd Mar 2019
I recently spent a day at Sea Ranch, a strange and beautiful place. Sea Ranch is a planned community with a distinctive architectural style: simple timber-frame structures clad in wooden siding, and gardens all planted with native flora. The Sea Ranch Design Committee enforces...
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Empathy for the Devil I. Loan application Before serving time for mortgage fraud, Toby Groves seemed like the last person...
3rd Feb 2019
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Empathy for the Devil

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3rd Feb 2019
I. Loan application Before serving time for mortgage fraud, Toby Groves seemed like the last person who would get into that kind of trouble. His older brother had been sentenced for the same crime twenty years earlier, and Toby had seen how it destroyed his family. He swore he’d...
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The Hard Parts of Open Source, by Evan Czaplicki Speaker: Evan Czaplicki Meeting: Strange Loop 2018 - September 2018 Video:...
25th Jan 2019
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The Hard Parts of Open Source, by Evan Czaplicki

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25th Jan 2019
Speaker: Evan Czaplicki Meeting: Strange Loop 2018 - September 2018 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_4EX4dPppA Slides: https://prezi.com/oowcpzsnwp-8/the-hard-parts-of-open-source/?webgl=0 [ References to videos, books, and articles mentioned in this...
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Seasonal relief Just a map for fun, made without writing any code, which is a nice change of pace. I finally spent a...
16th Feb 2018
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Seasonal relief

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16th Feb 2018
Just a map for fun, made without writing any code, which is a nice change of pace. I finally spent a bit of time catching up with the great Daniel Huffman’s excellent tutorial on creating shaded relief maps with Blender. Do try it out if you haven’t; he’s written it up thoroughly...
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Camino de Santiago sketch maps Back in October in Montréal I finished my term on the NACIS board of directors at the annual...
8th Jan 2018
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Camino de Santiago sketch maps

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8th Jan 2018
Back in October in Montréal I finished my term on the NACIS board of directors at the annual conference. (Side note: see video of the conference talks!) Tanya Buckingham (recent NACIS executive director, current candidate for local office) has always kindly handed out thank-you...
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Beyond the Sea, flowing and exploding edition Last year I took a whack at mapping what you’d “see” if you looked straight across the ocean from...
1st Jun 2017
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Beyond the Sea, flowing and exploding edition

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1st Jun 2017
Last year I took a whack at mapping what you’d “see” if you looked straight across the ocean from coastlines around the world. Since then, an interactive version of that has been a back-burner idea. Well, finally, here we go. To recap, these arcs represent straight-line paths out...
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The rain on terrain If you poured water over the terrain somewhere in the world, where would it go? That’s perhaps one...
14th Oct 2016
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The rain on terrain

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14th Oct 2016
If you poured water over the terrain somewhere in the world, where would it go? That’s perhaps one way to think of the thing that distracted me in the evenings this week. [Edit: an interactive map should appear here, but there are some unresolved issues. Check out the...
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Land by latitude and longitude, or, a pile of continents Bill Rankin’s graphs of world population by latitude and longitude popped into mind for no...
17th Aug 2016
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Land by latitude and longitude, or, a pile of continents

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17th Aug 2016
Bill Rankin’s graphs of world population by latitude and longitude popped into mind for no particular reason the other day, followed by a silly-sounding question: “but, like, what about land area by latitude and longitude?” Silly because, duh, a chart of land area by latitude and...
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Hachures and sketchy relief maps I’ve never been a terrain representation expert, but occasionally I get briefly super interested in...
9th May 2016
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Hachures and sketchy relief maps

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9th May 2016
I’ve never been a terrain representation expert, but occasionally I get briefly super interested in some DIY technique for relief mapping, not using typical GIS tools or rendering software. Tom Patterson’s old (but still applicable) Photoshop tutorials were my introduction to the...
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Ohio is still a piano In a hundred years, no one will remember our work. Strike that, make it about five years. Digital,...
8th Mar 2016
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Ohio is still a piano

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8th Mar 2016
In a hundred years, no one will remember our work. Strike that, make it about five years. Digital, web-based work can break or disappear in an instant. I’ve certainly done some things which are now gone forever. Anyway, one broken thing was the crazy Ohio piano map I made nearly...
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A guide to not being a sidewalk jerk Hello friends. It has become apparent that you are all terrible at being pedestrians. I feel...
1st Feb 2016
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A guide to not being a sidewalk jerk

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1st Feb 2016
Hello friends. It has become apparent that you are all terrible at being pedestrians. I feel confident saying that despite some good eggs and battle-tested walkers such as New Yorkers, most Americans are obliviously selfish, inconsiderate users of sidewalk space. It’s true even...
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