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Rhetorical Numbers: A Workshop with Dr. Joanna Wolfe
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Accessible Data for Austin
The various features of built environments can allow us to access the spaces in which we conduct our everyday lives. But for some individuals, the very same features that are meant to provide access to spaces render these spaces out of reach. Barriers in public environments often prevent mobility-impaired people...
Cool Tools: Interactive Mapping with Google Fusion Tables
Today, I want to introduce a cool tool I have recently discovered: Google Fusion Tables. The basic idea is simple but powerful: the program will take any spreadsheet it is given, look for geolocation information in it, and display the individual items in the sheet on a map. (more…)
Reviving the archive: Aristotle re-animated
In this post, we present a way of reviving digital archives. (more…)
When Democrats debate: Analyzing Clinton versus Sanders
Here, we present a computational analysis of language use in the Democratic debate, looking at each candidate's rhetorical style. Turns out that Bernie Sanders asks a lot of questions and Hillary Clinton just loves the word support. (more…)
Talking Republican: Analyzing the GOP debate
Here, we present a computational analysis of language use in the Republican debate, looking at each candidate's rhetorical style. Donald Trump, it turns out, is a man of many, but short words; John Kasich loves asking questions; and Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz rely a lot on emotionally charged language. (more…)
Picking Software for Font Design
Everyday we encounter fonts and maybe some people think about them, but it doesn’t cross my mind unless the font is hard to read or when I actually design something it comes up. So why might someone design a font? To capture the spirit of their organization in a why...
Examining Code, Debugging Rhetoric
Recently, I have been receiving lots of love letters from Python, full of emotional language like the following: (more…)
Introducing Our Research Areas: Data
Over the last few years, “big data” has become a big deal. From election predictions to controversial surveillance programs, and from forms of data visualization to research in rhetoric and the humanities, digital data is being tracked, gathered, and deployed in unprecedented ways. (more…)