What is Digital Humanities?
Yesterday, I facilitated a session on information visualization with a group of students at Hamilton College. The students are part of a summer research program through the Digital Humanities...
View ArticleWhat is Creativity?
During the spring quarter, I did a little exercise to try to define creativity. I sent out an email to my friends and family asking them to complete the sentence “Creativity is…” using only 1-word...
View ArticleChoice
I love these RSA animations (great visualizations) and the newest one happens to be about a topic I have been enamored with lately… personal choice!
View ArticleChoice and Happiness
Here is my visualization of one of the concepts that Barry Schwartz talks about. We equate choice with freedom and freedom makes us happy. However, when we are presented with too many choices we become...
View ArticleThe Oxford Comma
I found this wonderful poster from The Grammar Police promoting the application of the Oxford comma. Use of the Oxford comma is a long-standing debate—some embrace it, some despise it, Vampire Weekend...
View ArticleDesign Process
My design process is comprised of 4 stages; research, analysis, synthesis and prototype. Research and synthesis are divergent stages with extensive data collection, non-judgmental brainstorming and...
View Article“Pictures are better than words…”
Even Peter Griffin is an advocate for idea visualization and infographics!
View ArticleWhat is Digital Humanities? (v2)
This week, I was invited back to Hamilton College for the Digital Humanities Institute’s second annual CLASS session (Culture, Liberal Arts & Society Scholars.) A select group of students spend...
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