For our final project, we explored the rich history of Carleton College’s traditions. On our website, we have a timeline of all of Carleton’s past and present traditions and individual pages giving more detailed information on each tradition. We also… Continue Reading
This tutorial is best suited for people with some JS/jQuery experience In this short tutorial, you will learn how to use DataTables, a table plugin for jQuery, in 7 straightforward steps. With the help of this plugin, you will be able… Continue Reading
For my midterm project, I used the dataset tate_artwork_data-1950-55.csv and created and published an illustrated timeline using TimelineJS (3) of Bronze sculptures in Tate’s art collection made from 1950 to 1955. This timeline can broaden our understanding of how Bronze… Continue Reading
In Stanford University’s project “Mapping the Republic of Letters“, scientists added life to the Republic of Letters by creating sophisticated, interactive visualization tools. Two of the project’s goals are to understand what the shape and structure of the Republic of Letters… Continue Reading
Lin’s lecture on Data Visualization (D.V.) was enlightening; I enjoyed her D.V. approach as a mixture of understanding and exploration. The idea of making public data truly public through less specific and more accessible graphs is an important concept for… Continue Reading
Using WordPress’s Ashe Theme I created my blog – feel free to visit it! For now, there isn’t much on the website, other than the basic skeleton and an about me page. I updated the theme quite a lot and… Continue Reading
Should all humanities students learn to code? No, programming should not be mandatory. Will humanities students benefit tremendously from learning to code? Definitely. Computers should not be black boxes but rather understood as engines for creating powerful and persuasive models… Continue Reading
Yale’s digital humanities project Robots Reading Vogue explores questions in two academic fields: gender studies and computer science, more specifically data mining and fashion, using all Vogue magazines published in the last 128 years. Sources The project’s primary source is… Continue Reading
An identity built around making things—of being “a maker”—pervades technology culture. There’s a widespread idea that “People who make things are simply different [read: better] than those who don’t.” Chachra, Debbie. “Why I Am Not a Maker.” The Atlantic, Atlantic… Continue Reading
When I first started trying to sketch my house, I had a little bit of a learning curve, figuring out where to find each tool, changing textures, and adding components, like the tree. The hardest part was designing the house… Continue Reading
