Understand me when I say that this has been one of those modules that I’ve been looking forward to for the whole semester. The advent of my video game career began with Dragon Age: Origins (the Ultimate Edition, thank you very much) in high school and then spiraled from there. I became very attached to…
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Books. Browsers. Battlestar Galactica.
It’s been a…very busy week. I mean, it’s entirely my own fault. That’s what you get when you plan too many things for the same weekend. Note to self: do not schedule a trip to northern Pennsylvania and a 5k at Mount Vernon within a day of each other ever again. Anyway. But if I…
X Marks the Spot (or Not)
Sorry ladies and gentlemen, no villain origin stories here. Maybe a redemption arc? Historical GIS has been one of the units that I’ve been looking forward to. I didn’t really know what I was getting into, though. I’ve always been interested in mapping, but I had no idea what GIS actually entailed, nor how it…
I’d Like to Speak with Your (Project) Manager
Before this week, I’m not sure that I ever thought that dedicatedly about the intricacies of managing a project. Admittedly, I haven’t exactly been at the forefront of running a project since high school, let alone one of any significant size or depth. The readings of this past week really made me think about planning…
Sources and Sensibility
So, call me melodramatic, but Open Refine might just be my villain origin story. Not to sound arrogant in any way, but it has been a hot, hot minute since I came across a program that I couldn’t pick up within the first hour or two of using it. But somehow, Open Refine has thwarted…
Questions & Answers(?): Digital History Edition
I am hereby declaring that I have survived my first week of graduate school. Congratulations to me. This week has been eye-opening and (mildly) overwhelming, but then again I didn’t really expect it to be otherwise. In fact, I did my best to come into this week with no expectations outside of “you’re going to…
