Author Archives: John

About John

Interested in how information intersects daily life, technology, and art. Digital Marketing - marketing ROI in healthcare Collaboration - working in social and collaborative media. Biomedical Informaticist - focusing on patient/patient, patient/provider communication.

Railroad Moniker Introductory Field Guide

Posted on February 2, 2023 by John

Graffiti on trains is illegal, dangerous, and a U.S. folk tradition that goes back over 100 years. I enjoy looking at railroad monikers (typically line drawings on freight cars). Just for fun, I offer this pocket field guide to a … Continue reading →

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Art Resources to Share

Posted on January 22, 2023 by John

Clay Class Notes Some of the most popular content on my blog are two series of ceramic class instruction notes. Time to #introduce them to the Fediverse via my account: @John_Norris Hand building ThrowingClay whistles #Pottery #ArtEducation #CreativeCommons

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Posted on December 17, 2022 by John

Growing up with Galen Rowell’s “Rainbow Over the Potala Palace, Lhasa, Tibet” poster in my bedroom, piqued my interest in Dzong architecture. Now I find that The University of Texas at El Paso has 97 buildings done in that style.

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Preventing A Rush To Judgement

Posted on December 3, 2022 by John

Very interesting post on Nightingale, Unfair Comparisons: How Visualizing Social Inequality Can Make It Worse, Eli Holder December 1, 2022. Briefly, it is about how charts showing averages (means) may make it easier for the viewers biases to draw poor … Continue reading →

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@johnno@john-norris.net

Posted on November 20, 2022 by John

Hit a roadblock getting this blog more on the Fediverese with the #ActivityPub for WordPress plugin. #Bluehost may not be allowing share hosted #Wordpress sites access to Follower requests. Thanks to@rbairwell for identifying a possible point of failure and a … Continue reading →

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