blog
an important note
I have not updated this blog since 2017. (I have some feelings about that which I’ll write about when I finally write a new post in January 2026 – putting that here so I actually do it). Some of this content is still relevant, some of it is extremely outdated. My to-do list for this site includes going through the posts, putting warnings on stuff that’s totally out of date and doesn’t work anymore, and perhaps reposting the things I think are particularly useful/good/fun.
blog posts
2017
- 2017-05-26 EPSG 4326 vs EPSG 3857 (projections, datums, coordinate systems, and more!)
- 2017-03-09 A super quick guide to writing an effective tutorial
2016
2015
- 2015-12-22 Manage GitHub notification messages in Gmail with Google Apps Scripts
- 2015-10-27 Adding External GeoJSON with Mapbox.js
- 2015-02-14 What should I learn first? Part 2
- 2015-02-13 What should I learn first?
2014
- 2014-11-18 On Geographic Education
- 2014-09-30 Small Things, Big Things
- 2014-05-08 Maptime: Changing culture in geospatial tech learning, one meetup at a time
- 2014-03-03 Building a LocalWiki Changebot
- 2014-02-04 What even is TileMill?
2013
- 2013-11-20 Geographic Awakening
- 2013-10-01 Open Source FTW!
- 2013-09-24 External GeoJSON and Leaflet: The Other Way(s)
- 2013-09-23 Commit or Quit
- 2013-08-22 Adding GeoJSON to Leaflet with Link Relations
- 2013-08-12 geojson.io: In-browser spatial data creation and sharing. Finally.
- 2013-08-04 Local Governments and Open Data
- 2013-07-02 Geographic Data Assumptions: MAUP and Ecological Fallacies
- 2013-06-26 GitHub and GeoJSON: Just Keeps Getting Better
- 2013-06-17 GitHub: Bringing GeoJSON To Life Since 2013
- 2013-06-03 Remembering an Old Friend
- 2013-05-07 Getting a Good (GIS) Job, Part 1
- 2013-05-02 Every Second
- 2013-04-09 Circumlocution and Code
- 2013-04-03 The Secret To Productivity? Forgiveness.
2011
- 2011-11-24 Fork, brook, run? A neat toponym visualization by a UO geographer
- 2011-11-21 Scale Unimaginable: The Intersection of Art and Cart
- 2011-05-15 Maps Can Save Lives: A true story of GPS and the importance of navigation
2010
- 2010-12-20 On Design
- 2010-11-17 The Skilled Pedestrian
- 2010-08-06 Field Thoughts