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Food at Carleton: Final Project

What is it about ? For our final project, Daniel, Faith, Ginnifer and I( Lita) decided to look into how specific events in the past have shaped the current food culture at the school and how that affects the students of today. Using the archives, we have excavated information regarding community eating, civil rights at […]

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Trello: Collaborative Tool Tutorial

There are many organizational and collaborative apps out there, but from my experience, one that changes the way you work – as a team or on your own in projects is Trello. At first look, Trello seems like any ordinary organizational software, but Trello is such a powerful tool of collaboration especially in the context […]

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Midterm Project: Geolocating Artists Between 1900-1929

For my midterm project, I chose the Tate Artists 1900-1929 dataset and do geolocating to analyze the data. Here’s the link to my blog post about it!

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Mapping the Squirrels of NYC

It is amazing how a CSV sheet can be turnt into an informative map through the ArcGIS software. At first, I felt overwhelmed and intimidated because I don’t know much about mapping, but as I played around with the different functions available, I realized how powerful and useful this application will be for data visualization. […]

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E-Portfolio on WordPress

Click here to see my page! It hasn’t gotten any good content yet, but for now, I am just familiarizing myself with the WordPress function. I find the experience hard to control, and so I struggled a bit but I managed to put a sample together. I will continue to explore! What might you do […]

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Should Everyone Code?

Making a Resume with HTML I learnt that the best way to learn coding is applying it to something that matters to you. For me, I took this opportunity to create my own resume using HTML codes after watching the tutorials, it was an addicting and fun experience. Hence, Should Everyone Code? The discourse divide […]

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Reverse Engineering: The Making of Virtual Angkor

What is the goal of the project? The project is made to educate students about: Trade and diplomacy: exploring Angkor’s market place and trade between the East and Southeast Asia. Climate variability: Angkor’s relationship with water and its hydraulic system Political structure: effects of Suryavarman II’s reign in the form of architecture and design. Virtual […]

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Makers vs. Caretakers in the Age of Tech

…the cultural primacy of making, especially in tech culture—that it is intrinsically superior to not-making, to repair, analysis, and especially caregiving— Chachra, Debbie. “Why I Am Not a Maker.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 23 Jan. 2015, www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/01/why-i-am-not-a-maker/384767/. This part taken from “Why I Am Not A Maker” caught me off guard because it made me […]

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SketchUp: Childhood of Houses

I used to use SketchUp in middle school – and I struggled. Back then, I couldn’t make anything like this. I remember feeling very overwhelmed. Now, it’s different. I am so excited by the prospects of creating and solving issues through using this application. Through the process of visualizing and building the house, I felt […]

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