Don’t be a Hammer Looking for a Nail

“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.“I don’t much care where—” said Alice.“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.“—so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.“Oh, you’re sure toContinue reading “Don’t be a Hammer Looking for a Nail”

How a city planner got started coding in Python

As an urban planning student, I learned some great technical skills and software but I didn’t prioritize learning much about coding at the time. A couple of years ago, though, I was looking for a challenge and started hearing about how learning to code could help me automate boring workflows, analyze data, customize my GISContinue reading “How a city planner got started coding in Python”

Reflecting on a Decade of Life-giving Detours

Growing up I had a lot of interests, but I have always loved math. In fifth grade I once spent an evening figuring out how to determine the measure of a polygon’s angles based on how many sides it has, and brought my math teacher an unsolicited page-long explanation the next day. It was funContinue reading “Reflecting on a Decade of Life-giving Detours”