A few weeks ago my partner shared a TED Talk with me that changed how I conceptualize data communication. In it Dr. Wanda Diaz Merced, an astronomer who lost her …
Sonification for Data Communication
Tag: Coding
RStudio Cloud for Education
The R programming language is a powerful analytical tool that is commonly taught alongside applied fields like statistics, ecology, finance, and more. Efficiently integrating the language into a course can …
What is GCDI? (Fall 2018 Edition)
**Note that this blog post is revised and updated every semester, typically in early September or February. Links in this post may be outdated. For up to date information, please …
Problems with Python? The Python Users’ Group is Here to Help!
Guess what, everyone? The Python Users’ Group (or PUG) is back in action starting on Tuesday, February 20th for another great semester! PUG is a bi-weekly, open, and informal opportunity …
How do I solve [insert problem here] with Python?
You have that project that inspires you, and have started learning a little Python and seeking more resources, and now you’re probably thinking “but how do I do [thing I …
Git Ready.
This week, I am teaching git and GitHub. In the workshop, I will cover some basic commands in this incredibly powerful software (git) and its incredibly robust hosting service for repositories (GitHub.com). …
How to Get Started with Python
Hello, so you’re interested in Python but a little bit befuddled about where to start. I’ve been teaching and programming in Python for forever and so I’m going to share …
Databases for Smart People Who Are Scared of Databases
Databases are much easier to understand than you probably think, and knowing your way around databases is an invaluable skill for anyone getting into web development, application development, GIS, statistics, archives management, or just about anything else that deals with large amounts of information. This brief introduction helps you get your bearings if you're completely unfamiliar with databases.
Learn Bootstrap Part 3: Customize Bootstrap and Add a Header
For this lesson, we will generate our own customized version of Bootstrap with modified colors, styles, etc., add it to our WordPress theme, and then incorporate Bootstrap into the site’s header.
All That is Digital Melts into Code
The world of DH is one in which lofty dreams and visions of the digital transforming the social are frequently confronted by the challenges of coding, the limitations of the real, and the contradictions--perhaps fallacies--of modernity and modernization. This analogy lends caution to DH undertakings ignorant of the realities of implementation. But this also means that all that is within the world of DH is easily collapsed onto the realm of "coding". Meaning that despite the realities of coding and implementation of DH projects, there is an assumed teleological link between project and coding. Without going into counterexamples of where this link breaks down, allow me to instead provide a brief clarification of the concept of 'coding' that I think underlies some of this confusion.
