After reading Graphical Approaches to the Digital Humanities<\/em>\u00a0by Johanna Drucker, I learned of the complex formula needed to display information digitally. What really sparked my interest was the spreadsheet.\u00a0 Drucker mentions that spreadsheets are as old as civilization itself. Spreadsheets are a convenient way to relay information in a clear an organized fashion. I believe the progression of the spreadsheet can be a symbol of human digital progress. The spreadsheet has always dominated business and accounting and continues to this day. However, people no longer use paper spreadsheets and instead use programs like Microsoft Excel.\u00a0 The invention of digital spreadsheets changed business and even made personal computers a necessity. College students now still need to learn excel for many full time positions.\u00a0 This shows how important it is to learn tools that allow you to visualize data in the modern age.<\/p>\n

I drew some parallels to Making Meaning Count, by Stefan Sinclair and Geoffrey Rockwell. They mention a new way of visualizes data called the word cloud. The wordcloud and spreadsheet are similar in a way because it is just words. It only shows the data itself, but with formatting.\u00a0 In the post\u00a0Text Analysis in Professional Sports<\/em> by NB, the author examines the bias associated with athletics and I would be curious of other visual ways to show this bias.<\/p>\n

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After reading Graphical Approaches to the Digital Humanities by Johanna Drucker, I learned of the complex formula needed to display information digitally. What really sparked my interest was the spreadsheet.  Drucker mentions that spreadsheets are as old as civilization itself. Spreadsheets are a convenient way to relay information in a clear an organized fashion. I believe … <\/p>\n

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