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(Note: I wrote this a month or more ago, it’s been lingering, I know it’s a bit too long but if I pull the ideas apart they’ll lose something. That or it’ll turn into a 4-part series, which is waaaaay too much. Enjoy!) This past summer I decided to take on learning to draw. I…

A while back (when I first wrote this), a couple of articles related to Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences (MI) theory floated through the Twitters.  First, we have Gardner himself trying to draw a line between his MI theory and “learning styles”.  For those who are reading this and haven’t heard of MI, here’s Gardner’s own…

For this final Infographics and Data Visualization assignment, we were given the freedom to research and produce an infographic on any topic we wanted.  I floundered on this for a few days, then decided to turn this into a chance to educate myself on India. My wife will be travelling there bringing medical aid to…

So this week’s infographics MOOC exercise was another draft for an interactive infographic, this time on the unemployment rate per state in the US.  The assignment was based on another DataBlog post from The Guardian which showed a choropleth map of unemployment using data over the time of Obama’s presidency. The biggest problem was that the…

I picked up a copy of the absolutely-beautiful book Generative Design recently and I am loving it.  It’s a perfect resource for where I’m at – exploring generative art, wanting to learn more but don’t need someone to teach me the basics of programming. It’s been great to find out how many techniques are much…

I’ve signed up for Alberto Cairo’s massive online open course on infographics and data visualization.  I’d been tempted by other MOOCs before and decided I didn’t have the time to commit to it, but this one caught me at a good time. The entire course has been very good so far, giving a great perspective…

I’ve been on a knitting kick lately. It makes for a good evening activity, as it’s something I can do while sitting on the couch and hanging out with my wife (without the mentally-distant factor that happens if I’m online or gaming).  Plus, if you’re going to be a guy who knits, might as well…

thoughtLost is Josh Giesbrecht’s online portfolio, repository, and general space to put stuff that doesn’t fit in his teaching blog. Welcome here.