Experiments in data visualization

Hey pals!

I made two word clouds of our blog using Wordle for fun when I should have been working on my GIS lab today. The first is from September 2005, soon after we all parted our merry little teenager ways, and the second is from all the posts currently displayed on the blog home page. I probably could have altered them a bit to make them more accurate--and of course the data isn't adjusted for total number of words in each cloud. Man, I didn't do this very well. Anyhow, it's kind of a fun reflection on how our vocabulary and post content has changed over the years. Actually, I'd say our vocab has changed surprisingly little, other than that "married" didn't show up in our first few years of blogging.

Enjoy!

The Wallflowers_Empire in my Mind (alternate take studio)

source: The Wallflowers

Lupe Fiasco meets Cornel West

Hey guys,

last weekend my school had its biennial Festival of Faith and Music. It was three days of good tunes and great talks, but I especially wanted to share a link to an interview with Lupe Fiasco by Cornel West (who also gave an amazing lecture available for download). If you're interested, this link should take you there.

Hope you're all well,
Emma