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Dec 29, 2019
Organizing my reading list by year
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about how to build a simple book list in Jekyll. In this post, I share how to expand the build to organize posts by year and automatically count the number of books for each year.
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Dec 19, 2019
The 10 best books I read in 2019
This year, I started keeping track of my reading list. In this post, I review my 10 favorite books I read this year and comment on why they stood out.
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May 11, 2019
Creating a book list
My site now includes a list of books I’ve completed or am currently reading. This post covers how I built it with Jekyll’s data files.
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Apr 13, 2019
County choropleth map using Python and D3
I’ve been working with public lands revenue data by county to determine the most effective geospatial presentation.
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Mar 6, 2019
Yep. Your Liquid variables will work in JavaScript
This is going to sound crazy, and it is. You can use your Jekyll (Liquid) variables in your Leaflet JavaScript. Wut.
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Jan 15, 2019
Shutdown sharing: Migrating Maine Ballot
The government is still shut down, and I’m still furloughed. In the meantime, I’m helping a fellow furloughed friend rebuild a civic website.
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Dec 29, 2018
Are content strategists the key to our digital future?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the dumpster fire we live in with tech, and I wonder if content strategists can help resolve the ethical and privacy woes we’re experiencing. It’s a lot to ask, but content strategists bring skills to tech that might just mitigate some of its worst tendencies.
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Dec 26, 2018
Shutdown sharing
Our team at the Department of the Interior is part of the government shutdown, and we don’t know how long it’s going to be. As a result, I have some time to work on posts, but in the meantime, here are two I co-wrote with team members at Interior.
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Sep 22, 2018
I’m not sure about Apple, anymore
I’ve been a devoted Apple user for 20 years, dating back to when Apple devices were relatively rare. Apple’s lineup has been uninspiring in recent years. I’ve been holding onto aging devices, and I’m considering a change.
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Aug 24, 2018
Playing with sparklines
Edward Tufte’s sparklines provide an elegantly simple way to convey trends when the individual data values aren’t the point.