Ahh, my first map in what feels like ages is finally finished—this one is for our brand new Travel section at Paste, and I’m so thrilled I’ll have a chance to start making maps on maps on maps. I also did the lettering for this one by hand, with some new Illustrator tricks I picked up recently—really had a blast here!
Last Saturday I got a chance to show my collaborative map at Root City Market, an awesome pop up market every few months in Atlanta (their website is here). Ryan and I showed up at 8:30 AM to get it all set up in the flurry of vendors moving tables and crates and furniture in, and since the map is basically a large puzzle it was quite a challenge to stay out of the way.
This week I dusted off my public speaking pants and went to Athens to talk about my two favorite things: maps & infographics. College news editors from 60 different schools across the US came for a week-long seminar on how to effectively manage their newsrooms, and to stay updated on best practices. I was to give two (2) ninety minute lectures, or, speak for three hours on this topic. Much longer than my 7 minute TEDx talk, but to be fair, that talk was highly manicured and choreographed over several months.
Before I got into collaborative mapping, I was into the idea of neighborhood-specific data visualizations. Atlanta is full of unique and niche neighborhoods, and each of them has its own life and spirit. I wanted to celebrate this by going in depth for each one, and highlighting all of their various characteristics.
