Monthly Archives: April 2012

Steve Romalewski Visits Class Tomorrow

We will be visited tomorrow by Steve Romalewski, director of the CUNY Mapping Service, who is in charge of all mapping projects for the Center for Urban Research at GC (see the following link to get an overview of his … Continue reading

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More on reviewers as gatekeepers #cunydh12 MT @RBTatAHA: the role and responsibilities of peer reviewers: http://t.co/59vTVVpX via @retius

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How timely, #cunydh12: http://t.co/sE1k8EEl

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#cunydh12 MT @brownwwp: We have a collection of our text encoding resources (teaching & learning) online http://t.co/DZ1C31fX via @miriamkp

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via @BiellaColeman Etsy hacking grants for women: http://t.co/0rCRj6HE #cunydh12

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Playing with Tools: Timelines

I’m someone who can never keep dates straight. I have to contextualize events in order to remember when they happened. As we’ve been talking about the history of mapping, visualizations and trees, I’ve also been thinking about timelines and how … Continue reading

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Visualizations Trapped behind Glass?

I’ve been noticing various visualizations around me on the web constantly since we started discussing them in class. Since we’ve begun talking about visual representations, I haven’t even been able to keep track of all of the things that have run past … Continue reading

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Data Mining One’s Own Life

Fascinating article on data mining one’s own email/phone calls/keystrokes in today’s NY Times, focused on Dr. Stephen Wolfram, “a scientist and entrepreneur,” who has stored all of his personal electronic data since 1989. He decided to test out on of … Continue reading

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