This is the first of several posts covering the story of how I assemble and utilize data for creative projects. In this case, I’ll look at the spreadsheet where I store the data of prospective, in-progress, and on-submission stories and ideas.
Most of my professional content will be hosted on my GitHub portfolio but I thought my blog was as good a place as any to practice a bit of data storytelling!
Story Research Introduction: I Love Spreadsheets!
I aim to share a few data storytelling posts here in the future to explain some of the more complex spreadsheets I’ve created, but I want to introduce this career transition by sharing images of some of my earliest worldbuilding spreadsheets (dating from roughly 2005~2011). It’s from a project where people can enter dreams a la Paprika or Inception. I won’t be sharing more information than that, but if you’re like me, the data itself will pique your interest and inspire your imagination.
Read moreStory Data Story: Literary Magazine Rankings
This is the final placeholder post that may later be about the process/story of how I assembled and utilized data for one of my creative projects—in this case, the spreadsheets where I rank literary magazines according to who they published, how often they publish award-winning work, and other information.
Read moreStory Data Story: Chocolate Cities
This is the final placeholder post that may later be about the process/story of how I assembled and utilized data for one of my creative projects—in this case, the spreadsheets where I rank literary magazines according to who they published, how often they publish award-winning work, and other information.
Read moreStory Data Story: Floriography for Lotus/Thistle
This is a placeholder draft post that will later be about the process/story of how I assembled and utilized data for one of my creative projects—in this case, the spreadsheet where I combined scientific data on the entire plant kingdom with the meanings given by several floriography (ie the language of flowers) books—with a bit of hanakotoba meanings mixed in.
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