Making complex cities legible
A transit network is an information system as much as an infrastructure one. On Beck, Borges, the Mexico City Metro, and what I learned building schematic maps for twenty-two rail networks from open data.
Writings
Essays, notes, and reflections on GIS, AI, design leadership, and technology.
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How a schematic map gets made
A schedule file is not a map. On the six stages that turn one into the other, the open-source work that does the hard part, and what real transit data is actually like once you open it.
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Life is short... Be meaningful!
A personal essay on cognition, design responsibility, and building software that helps people think clearly in complex environments.