Today wraps up the 13 week generative art series. When we started the series I wasn’t quite sure where it would take us or what would come out of it. I was initially concerned that I might run out of images, but I ended up with many more ideas than I needed. It’s natural to […]
Lately I’ve been thinking about clarity of purpose and the role of writing in developing that purpose. Sometime in the past couple of years I started daily journaling. Initially, the ideas were pretty messy. Over time they started to get clearer. Late last year I expanded my daily journaling to include writing out goals. It […]
I’m short on time so today is an abbreviated, image and links only post with a quote. This feels like it sums up the week: “My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as […]
I’m guilty of introducing complexity into my pursuits and I’ve decided that it’s time to simplify. Specifically, I’ve decided to revise the format of Existential Friday going forward. The new format will have a much shorter chunk of writing (300 words max), one image, and the miscellany links. The goal is the same. It’s to […]
Data visualization is powerful because it can change the way you see an issue. A simple visualization can reframe a question in a way that numbers in a table can’t. A good visualization communicates more quickly, effectively, and looks pretty too. Even though data visualization is interesting, randomness and noise seem more interesting (at least […]