https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/tags/rufus-porter/ Recent content in Rufus Porter on Dressing Up Data Hugo -- gohugo.io Copyright © 2008–2018, Steve Francia and the Hugo Authors; all rights reserved. Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/2023-03-12-back-to-the-murals/ Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/2023-03-12-back-to-the-murals/ I presented my first webinar! I was so happy when the Rufus Porter Museum reached out to me last fall to ask if I'd be interested in presenting my summer project as part of the Museum's virtual lecture series! I was honored to have this opportunity to share this project with a bigger audience, and to have a reason to expand my research. Thank you again to the Rufus Porter Museum for inviting me to speak! https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/new-project/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/new-project/ Long time no see! Friends, it’s been a very busy semester and holiday season. But, I want to share some updates before the winter semester starts next week! New Digital Exhibit I took two wonderful history classes this semester. Taking Technology in US History was an absolute highlight for me; the course started out solidly in my 18th and 19th century comfort zone, covering railroads, mills, and agriculture, but by the second half we were talking about modern technology that I regularly use but hadn’t thought about critically. https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/2022-06-14-to-shiny-or-not-to-shiny/ Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/2022-06-14-to-shiny-or-not-to-shiny/ That is the question… Shiny is one of my favorite R packages. For those who aren’t R enthusiasts (or those who are but haven’t yet been introduced to Shiny), Shiny is an R package that allows you to create interactive applications. With a single script, you can super easily create a UI and server that will take user input and generate graphs, tables, text, and even maps. So far, I’ve mostly used Shiny to level up my leaflet game. https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/rpm-week-one/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://dressing-up-data.netlify.app/post/rpm-week-one/ Figure 1: Mural from the Francis Howe House, painted by Rufus Porter and Stephen Twombly Porter in 1838. Photo by David Bohl via the University of Maine. Happy summer! This week I started my summer internship at the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity in Bridgton, Maine. The RPM is a very small museum - I’m one of three employees at the moment - so I really get to see all the different sides of running a museum.