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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 Some of this content is still relevant, some of it is extremely outdated. My to-do list for this site includes going through the posts, putting warnings on stuff that’s totally out of date and doesn’t work anymore, and perhaps reposting the things I think are particularly useful/good/fun.

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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

• 2016-01-07 8 tips for teaching great workshops and giving awesome presentations

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