So long as you get the GIS&T of it

The world presents us with its unbounded complexity, and it is up to each of us to deal with this in our own way. While simplification might save us from sensory overload and decision paralysis, these same simplifications can often be a massive source of friction between the current moment and the desired outcome, and a huge stumbling block in communicating when they are not shared. I truly believe that a well-trained geographer has many of the skills and toolsets needed to slide through that friction to address these complexities, tackling the most pressing questions this world has to offer in a coherent and intelligent manner. GIScience and Technology (GIS&T) is a critical subset of those tools, and a great way to help frame and analyze the space around you, both literally and figuratively. I’ve gotten a lot of utility and benefit from learning, using, documenting, and teaching these topics and it is my hope that I can pass some of that knowledge along to you. I’ve placed a lions share of my teaching portfolio and notes here for the benefit of all and my own selfish desire to streamline my digital footprint. This site, like myself, is a constant work in progress. I’ve attempted to standardize my formatting but you have landed on the accumulation and synthesis of almost every project I’ve worked on, class I’ve taught, and more than a quarter of a century of technical development since I first attempted (and miserably failed) to host a website. That is to say, you might find a few inconsistencies. I also write this site in markdown-ish using at least 2 apps, so spellchekc and local testing only take me so far. If you find errors (spelling, formatting, or otherwise), or if something needs clarification or fixing please reach out!

As a general note: While I reread and revisit the links you’ll find across this site frequently; I point to them as resources and references and you do not need to buy, subscribe, or log in to anything you do not want to. Otherwise, feel free to lurk along with my adventure! I’ve found GIS to be a profoundly useful tool that helps me add structure, reason, and logic to this otherwise variable world, and my hope is that you’ll find your time here well spent, or at the very least take away a few useful tidbits and a flash of inspiration.

Update:
Having rebuilt my system and transitioned into a consultant whose job seems to revolve around mimicking a software engineer, operationalizing the new and shiny, and delivering value in micro-increments as fast as possible; as opposed to an academic whose goal is to synthesize the domain for instruction and purposeful process improvements, more of my time now goes to updating my Atlas and not my classes. After losing a hard drive and the source files they were generated from, and a fundamental paradigm shift in content and form, they are in very rough shape. As soon as I find that time machine I’d like to get them back into a serviceable form, but for now, they are what they are. Please, reach out if you think getting them back into use is something you can help catalyze!