Keyboards are literally where human beings communicate with computers. Considering how ubiquitous they are, it is odd that many of us don’t know why keyboards are so chaotically arranged. Well,…
Tom Liam Lynch
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I’ll keep this quick: This interactive visualization about lyrics from the musical Hamilton is off the chain. The genius behind it, Shirley Wu, explains her dive into language and quantification…
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This season, I offer a range of books from young adult literature requested by ELA teachers in Colorado to an opaque classic epic poem to books I read as part…
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For all you number lovers out there, check out this fantastic interactive article that lets readers create their own digital heart using algebra. Here’s a sample: Like many geometric figures,…
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For years now, I have occasionally seen 19th century data visualizations attributed to W.E.B. Du Bois. Always struck by them for their content (data about “the African diaspora in America“)…
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A few years ago, on a visit to the Tolkien exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum, I was fascinated to see process documents related to Lord of the Rings…
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Here on Plotting Plots, I try to make the case that computationality and the humanities go hand in hand. Not just for literature, but in music too. While watching the…
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First-time readers of Paradise Lost are often surprised by how relatable Milton’s Satan is. Seriously, it is jarring to realize how vehemently one can find oneself nodding along in agreement–with…
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BardBots is a project in which students are introduced to key concepts in computational thinking via an unlikely combination: Shakespeare and robots. I believe that the distance between the humanities,…
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Edgar Allan Poe is a mainstay of American literary culture, particularly in classrooms and book clubs as Halloween nears. (The seeming infinite appeal of The Simpsons tribute episode helps as…