Sitting in the lobby of the Alumni Center waiting for Jill to finish her finalist interview for the South Carolina regional science fair.
Is it unusual that Columbia doesn’t have an Apple Store?
Columbia, South Carolina lacks an Apple Store, which is unusual given its size compared to other cities that have them.
Slightly melted
During lent, our church switches to a slightly melted cross recovered after the church burned in the 40s.
📺 Watching Drive to Survive Season 7. Ready for the F1 season to start next weekend.
I think every social media platform should allow multiple links in a post.
Rich People Are Firing a Cash Cannon at the US Economy—But at What Cost?
Another reason why severe wealth inequity is bad for the long term economic health of the nation.
Five lectures
Five lectures that sparked my interested in grad school research: Lehrer, Gladwell, Larson, Tufte, Vinh.
Yesterday, my middle schooler lost his backpack with his school-issued Chromebook, his homework and two library books. It’s a long story, but after a period of panic, we found it in the high school front office.
Last night, we put an AirTag on his bag… just in case it happens again.
My sleep schedule has been a little bit off lately… went to bed early, woke up a little after midnight, came downstairs and my daughter was still up finishing homework/procrastinating.
Eight years ago today, I attended an Edward Tufte workshop in Atlanta. I left questioning so many assumptions about how designers present information and how people process data. It was one of the driving forces behind my return to grad school.
My son’s middle school has been sending an email, a text message and a pre-recorded phone call every Sunday night at 6:30. Thankfully, the principal just mentioned in the email that she’s not going to do the phone call anymore after talking to parents. There is such a thing as over communicating.
The start of another season. Ryan had some really nice saves today. 🥍
If you don’t value government, everything looks like waste.
Long day ahead of me, but the weekend is on the other side.
Nine years ago, I wasn't in a mass shooting
Nine years ago today, a family outing to a mall turned chaotic when a false alarm about a shooting caused a stampede, leading to lasting fear and memories.
It’s been a long week, y’all.
They are about to start work on the riverfront trails near my house, eventually connecting to 27 miles of riverfront trails. They’ve been trying to make this happen for as long as I can remember. Would be fun to ride a bike from the suburbs along the river to downtown Columbia.
AI and Design: It’s what you make of it.
In a lecture at the University of South Carolina, NC State’s Helen Armstrong emphasized the importance of designers learning to use AI as a tool, collaborating with data scientists, and overcoming student anxieties about AI’s impact on the design profession.
Long day ahead of me today. A couple of important meetings, a 3-hour grad seminar, more meetings… and then if I have the energy, I’m going to try to go to a talk on campus about AI and art.
I’m taking an asynchronous class on survey development. The professor’s comments on assignments are constructive and helpful, but her grading rubric is massively complex. We’re talking fractional points with varying weights. I’ve been a grad student for a really long time and I’ve never seen a grading scale this complicated. I’ve read over my last assignment several times and I can’t figure out for the life of me how I got an A.
I’ve pretty much stopped posting to Instagram. I have issues with Meta, but that wasn’t the driving factor. In fact, it wasn’t really an intentional shift… I just stopped enjoying Instagram. Now I’m posting images to Micro.Blog and cross posting to Bluesky and Threads.
Shots from last night at Craft and Draft in Irmo. Lizzy was very entertained by, well, everything.
It’s easier to destroy than to govern.
Proud of Jilly. Honorable mention in the district science fair.
