Friday, May 27, 2011

What country is this?

Here's a map of my favorite country:
Actually, it's a "cartogram" of the results of the recent Canadian election. Every electoral district is proportionately represented, so it really shows how the Canadian population is packed into southern Ontario, southern Quebec, and, to a lesser extent, Vancouver. It also shows that the Liberal party (red), although much diminished, is still a significant presence in the land--that fact is obscured using a traditional map to show the results of the election.

The article this cartogram comes from, "Two Maps One Election", is here.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Goalscape to the rescue!

I am co-producing a monthly television show for a couple of local public-access stations in Massachusetts. The show, "Live from Studio A", will feature staged readings of short plays by local playwrights, so as you can imagine, it is a herding-cats sort of project.

So of course I reached for Goalscape. I have one Goalscape for tracking general start-up tasks (design logo; set rehearsal schedule...). Here is my other Goalscape, covering the specifics of the first six episodes:

I'll be living by this for the next little while...will let you know how it goes. The episodes will eventually be available as streaming media, and I will link to them when that comes to pass (in the fall of 2011).