I spent the last two weeks working on a new website for myself-as-a-freelancer so that I could go to this meetup/networking thing tomorrow night. And I didn’t sign up for the meetup because what if someone clicked on my name and the site wasn’t there yet?
And now…… the meetup is full and I can’t attend…. [...]
(WordPress tech stuff)
Hooooooly shit all I wanted to do was make a splash page for a blog. More or less.
Making the front page a static page is very easy to do (Settings > Reading).
Making a page with all the blog posts (that used to be on the front page)…… is also pretty simple: you just [...]
Today’s assignment did not involve making charts out of magazine industry data because I don’t understand what their revenue/ad sales tables are about.
So instead, I did something much simpler, which still took forever! A character map. I haven’t actually read Pride & Prejudice, but Lunchbox’s sister-in-law posted a link to this diagram:
I wanted to try [...]
I will make data graphics like this. Maybe I’ll have learned enough about stats by the time there is less red on the map.
For this quarter, I’m studying basic statistics, color theory, and freelance business. I’m also making myself do some kind of ‘assignment’ every two weeks. For this first assignment, I was hoping to [...]
Thanks to this book, My So-Called Freelance Life, I am all jazzed to be a real freelancer!
(Or maybe it’s the relief I feel from not looking at job ads.)
First things first: I called the IRS today (they are very friendly!) and verified that my old EIN is still alive. Now I can invoice clients without [...]
or, Why, when you decide to add a ® symbol at the last minute, it takes a while to make the edit
I miss working with proofreaders and editors. And I miss being the person who actually does the printing and the trimming. It’s way easier than giving instructions and hoping that the production person will [...]
I think this is what I want to do, at least it’s what I’ve been telling people: create interactive data graphics [animations].
I’ve always thought that the infographics in Wired magazine, GOOD magazine, and Tufte’s books were pretty. And the interactive data things on nyt.com are also fun. But this video is what made me begin [...]
