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Culturomics 2: The Search for More Money

“God willing, we’ll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.” -Mel Brooks, Spaceballs, 1987 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (2012 CE, Indiana), I wrote a few blog posts explaining that, when writing history, it might be good to talk to historians (1,2,3). They were popular posts for the […]

[Review] The Book of Trees, Manuel Lima

The first line on the first page of The Book of Trees is “This is the book I wish had been available when I was researching my previous book, Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information.” It’s funny, because this is also the book I wish had been available when I was researching my own project, Knowledge Uprooted. It took […]

Historians, Doctors, and their Absence

[Note: sorry for the lack of polish on the post compared to others. This was hastily written before a day of international travel. Take it with however many grains of salt seem appropriate under the circumstances.] [Author’s note two: Whoops! Never included the link to the article. Here it is.] Every once in a while, […]

Liveblogged Review of Macroanalysis by Matthew L. Jockers, Part 2

I just got Matthew L. Jocker’s Macroanalysis in the mail, and I’m excited enough about it to liveblog my review. Here’s the review of part II (Analysis), chapter 5 (metadata). Read Part 1, Part 3, … Part II: Analysis Part II of Macroanalysis moves from framing the discussion to presenting a series of case studies around a theme, starting […]

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[Review] The Book of Trees, Manuel Lima

Liveblogged Review of Macroanalysis by Matthew L. Jockers, Part 2