my name is not lisa
  • Jan26th2012

    Transparency and Open Government have become buzzwords over the past few years that I fully support. President Obama’s Open Government Initiative has prompted many government organizations to begin releasing once private data. Today, thousands of records are being published on Data.gov and awesome projects are being built out of it by geeks around the world.

    I like to think that this movement comes on the heels of the Creative Commons movement, which began in 2001. As a former information graphics designer, it’s awesome to see just how much has been added to The Commons on Flickr.

    Here’s a really cool project by the New York Public Library Labs where you can transform historical stereographs from their collections into shareable animated GIFs: Stereogranimator.

    You can create  your own right now. Here are some I made:

    GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index GIF made with the NYPL Labs Stereogranimator - view more at http://stereo.nypl.org/gallery/index

  • Jan23rd2012

    Over a year has gone by since I last gave blogging a try. It’s not that I didn’t intend to keep up with this place. I did. Every damn month. And the site itself has gone through many designs – all of which I hoped would jump-start my enthusiasm for wanting to write again. I can’t say that I’ll be posting on a regular basis, but let’s get to it.

    What you might have missed:

    • Got laid off from the newspaper
    • Had a short-lived gig at the as a community manager at an awesome journalism foundation
    • Landed on my feet in the corporate world doing social media.
    • Still living at home with my parents
    • Got recurring bronchitis and sinus-related health problems
    • Made awesome friends that I love so, so much
    • Put my oldest cat to sleep after his health began to dwindle
    • Took a$12,000 pay cut
    • Learned the joys of massage
    • Visited Colorado to see my college roomie and explored the mountains
    • Picked up the camera again and got semi-serious about it
    • Began crafting again (posts to come about this!)
    • Went to New York and came back starry-eyed
    • Continued with my on-again, off-again exercise regimen
    • Got lots of injections into my sinus cavities
    • Took a second job working on an awesome local radio program
    • My job took me to a few fun places: Las Vegas, Denver, New York and Austin
    • Became a red head again
    • Got more ink
    • Read a lot of books on my Kindle

    Many ups and many downs, but c’est la vie.