As part of an ever-growing interest in data visualization, infographics, and infosthetics, I thought these two resources would interest folks in relation to Ashley's recent talk about Social Science Methodologies. Enjoy! gapminder.org A screenshot of the gapminder World tool A great talk by Hans Rosling, creator of the gapminder tool gapminder.org The Observatory @ MIT […]
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JSC3d – What we are using to show 3D Models
Not until I started working on this 3D model voting website did I find out that there are so many people building various tools in this field. There are thousands of websites out there, providing millions of 3D models to anyone who are in the need. Basically, you can get access to any models of […]
My First Post
Hi everyone! I thought I should begin my post by re-introducing myself. I am currently a second year master's student in cultural anthropology. I am interested in contemporary American culture, specifically the representation of female sexuality in pop-culture and media and how that then relates to the political. What first influenced me to pursue this […]
5 NYC Makerspaces You Should Know
Makerspaces are social workspaces where people come together to realize creative projects. Lying somewhere between a machine shop, an art studio and a science lab, a makerspace offers low-cost access to a variety of professional tools for designing and building: from 3D printers and scanners to drills and soldering irons. No idea how to use […]
Reporting for Digital Duty
Today begins my project of publishing online the 121 Roman tombstones that are housed in Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). These stone inscriptions — mostly Latin and carved in the first two centuries AD — were donated to the university by Prof. George N. Olcott in 1912, and were only uncovered during recent research towards […]
Inaugural Digital Centers Cohort Meeting
On Friday November 9, 2012, the first meeting of the Digital Centers Cohort was held in 523 Butler Library. As this was the first meeting of the group, we spent time introducing ourselves and discussing what the goals of the group are and should be. The meetings will be led by representatives from each of […]