{"id":2207,"date":"2015-05-01T08:14:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T16:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2017-02-02T15:11:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:11:32","slug":"desperately-trying-to-remove-the-air-quotes-around-the-word-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/01\/desperately-trying-to-remove-the-air-quotes-around-the-word-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperately Trying to Remove the Air Quotes Around the Word &#8220;Artist&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 25 I had the honor of presenting at <a href=\"http:\/\/360intersect.com\">360|intersect<\/a>. My talk was titled <em>Desperately Trying to Remove the Air Quotes Around the Word &#8220;Artist&#8221;<\/em>. I present artwork I&#8217;ve created over the past year, and reflect on my struggle to identify as an artist.<\/p>\n<p>The video recording of my talk is below, it&#8217;s about 45 minutes long.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/126405428?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"696\" height=\"391\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more Continue reading for slides and transcript--><\/p>\n<h1>Slides<\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to jump through the slides themselves, here they are:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 1px solid #CCC; border-width: 1px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;\" src=\"\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/2vbFNGGNitEpqZ\" width=\"696\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1>Some photos from the conference<\/h1>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"696\" data-carousel-extra='null' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 696px; height: 349px;\" data-original-width=\"696\" data-original-height=\"349\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 464px; height: 349px;\" data-original-width=\"464\" data-original-height=\"349\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"460\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"345\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2226\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1429953751&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9624\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?fit=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?w=460&#038;h=345&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96241.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"460\" data-original-height=\"345\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9624\" alt=\"IMG_9624\" style=\"width: 460px; height: 345px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 232px; height: 349px;\" data-original-width=\"232\" data-original-height=\"349\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-small\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"228\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"171\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2225\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1429954017&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9625\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?fit=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?w=228&#038;h=171&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96251.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w\" width=\"228\" height=\"171\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"228\" data-original-height=\"171\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9625\" alt=\"IMG_9625\" style=\"width: 228px; 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height: 171px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 696px; height: 262px;\" data-original-width=\"696\" data-original-height=\"262\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 348px; height: 262px;\" data-original-width=\"348\" data-original-height=\"262\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"344\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"258\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2220\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1429955921&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9634\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?fit=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?w=344&#038;h=258&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96341.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w\" width=\"344\" height=\"258\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"344\" data-original-height=\"258\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9634\" alt=\"IMG_9634\" style=\"width: 344px; height: 258px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 348px; height: 262px;\" data-original-width=\"348\" data-original-height=\"262\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?ssl=1\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"344\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"258\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2219\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1429955992&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_9635\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?fit=696%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?w=344&#038;h=258&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IMG_96351.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w\" width=\"344\" height=\"258\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"344\" data-original-height=\"258\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"IMG_9635\" alt=\"IMG_9635\" style=\"width: 344px; height: 258px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h1>Transcript<\/h1>\n<p>Or if you&#8217;re more the reading\/skimming type, here&#8217;s the full transcript with the slides that you can read through. This was written out before giving the actual talk, so the words differ a bit from what was actually said in the video.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.001.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.001\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.001.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.001.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good morning!<br \/>\n<br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.002.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.002.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.002\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.002.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.002.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.002.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My name is Doug McCune. I am a programmer. I\u2019ve spoken at various tech conferences before, and this is usually how I introduce myself, although the \u201cI\u2019m a programmer\u201d part usually goes without saying. This talk is a little different, however.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.003.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.003.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.003\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.003.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.003.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.003.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Because while it\u2019s true that I\u2019m a programmer, this talk isn\u2019t about that particular label. Or rather, it\u2019s about fighting that. It\u2019s a bit about these labels we put on ourselves.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.004.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.004.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.004\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.004.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.004.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.004.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So what else is this talk about?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s about data. I work with a lot of data. I\u2019m a complete data geek, as you\u2019ll soon see.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also about maps. I\u2019m also a map geek, which you will also soon find out.<\/p>\n<p>I hope it\u2019s about art.<\/p>\n<p>But perhaps most importantly, it\u2019s about self identity. It\u2019s about figuring out who I am.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be presenting a lot of work I\u2019ve made over the past year. But I hope to weave back and forth between showing art and discussing the broader implications of what this whole thing means to me.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.005.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.005.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.005\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.005.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.005.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.005.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started speaking at tech conferences in 2007 and spoke on a variety of topics. That worked for me for about 3 years. But then things started getting a little weird in 2010. I finagled my way into giving a talk at a tech conference that wasn\u2019t a tech talk at all.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.006.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.006.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.006\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.006.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.006.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.006.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luckily it was run by Jonh Wilker, the same guy running this show. Big thanks to John for letting this shit slide back then. It was called \u201cTake the Tangent\u201d and it was about embracing the random side projects that you find yourself passionate about. It was a way of trying to justify the super random shit I was spending far too much time on.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.007.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.007\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.007.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.007.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.007.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See, I had been working at a company doing mapping software for a number of years, and I had gotten pretty obsessed with maps. On the side I started experimenting with some visually weird maps. Images that were more about interesting visual aesthetics than readable cartography. I started taking data and twisting the representation.<\/p>\n<p>I think it\u2019s fair to say that talk was met with a bit of a mixed reception. It wasn\u2019t quite what people expected in the context of a tech conference. And I was really scared when I gave this talk. This was the first time I was actively sort of changing my professional identity in public. It was uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.008.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.008\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.008.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.008.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.008.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So then another 3 years go by and I\u2019ve moved deeper and deeper down the rabbit hole. I spoke at the first 360|intersect in 2013 and presented even more weird, fucked up work that I had been playing with.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.009.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.009.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.009\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.009.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.009.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.009.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But still when introducing myself to people at that conference I said, \u201cHi, my name is Doug, I\u2019m a programmer\u201d. Because why else would I be up on a stage?<\/p>\n<p>You know what\u2019s funny? I never once questioned calling myself a programmer. I started calling myself a programmer pretty shortly after getting my first paycheck for writing code. It wasn\u2019t something I gave much thought, it was just sort of a statement of fact. It\u2019s like if you get a job fixing sinks, you\u2019re a plumber. You\u2019re writing code? You\u2019re a programmer. Easy.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.010.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.010.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.010\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.010.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.010.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.010.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But I had now reached a point where the work I was most proud of had almost nothing to do with code anymore. I didn\u2019t know what to call it. I started semi-sarcastically saying it was \u201cart\u201d. Always like this &amp;lt;air quotes&amp;gt; \u201cart\u201d. These fucking air quotes.<\/p>\n<p>I found myself unable to say the words \u201cart\u201d or \u201cartist\u201d without my hands instinctively making these dumb air quotes. My gut was that this was the direction I was moving in, but it felt so foreign.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.011.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.011.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.011\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.011.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.011.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.011.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I felt entirely like an imposter. And now I didn\u2019t fit in anywhere. What I was doing wasn\u2019t really tech anymore, so I didn\u2019t really belong at tech conferences. But a programmer was my only even remotely professional identity. It was what was on my business cards, on LinkedIn, my blog, everywhere.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.012.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.012.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.012\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.012.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.012.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.012.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started having these weird conversations trying to explain what it was I was doing.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.013.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.013.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.013\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.013.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.013.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.013.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so I suppose I should try to explain myself a bit. This is more or less the recipe I\u2019ve been playing with in various ways. Step 1: take some horrible data. When I say horrible I mean things like dead people and sex offenders. Then step 2: combine that data into a beautiful visual map. Mix those two things together and you end up with a nice batch of What the Fuck? If WTF can be considered an emotional response, that\u2019s what I\u2019m usually going for.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.014.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.014.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.014\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.014.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.014.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.014.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To illustrate this concept I\u2019ll start with one of the pieces I\u2019ve worked on recently, called \u201cUnder the Surface\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.015.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.015.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.015\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.015.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.015.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.015.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the outline of San Francisco. It\u2019s a simple clean map. It\u2019s also a box. You can see it has a slight handle, inviting you to open it.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.016.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.016.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.016\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.016.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.016.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.016.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And when you start opening it a deeper map emerges underneath. You can see the city cut away, with these deep valleys forming.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.017.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.017.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.017\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.017.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.017.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.017.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These valleys are the hotspots where the most registered sex offenders live in the this fine city. The deeper the crevice the more sex offenders in close proximity. It should be pointed out that the conference hotel is basically in the shit here. Well, to be fair it\u2019s a good 5 or 6 blocks away from the epicenter there.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.018.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.018.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.018\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.018.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.018.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.018.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a quick rundown of the process for this piece. We start off with the raw data with the locations of the sex offenders. Then we create a density map, which shows the concentration. That density map gets turned into a contour map, just like you have for elevation data. Each of those contours then gets laser cut out of sheets of wood. Here are all the sheets laid out separately after getting stained. Then it\u2019s time to glue the whole thing together. Add a handle and viola! You now have the creepiest box in the world.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.019.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.019.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.019\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.019.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.019.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.019.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next piece I\u2019d like to show is equally strange. This time we\u2019re shifting from horrible sex stuff to horrible death stuff.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.020.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.020.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.020\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.020.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.020.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.020.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This piece is like looking up into the sky on a clear night to try to make out constellations. Except each star is a homicide. This takes the data for homicides throughout the Bay Area and forms constellations out of the 2013 murders. Based on the different clusters in different cities you end up with various patterns.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.021.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.021.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.021\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.021.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.021.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.021.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To briefly touch on the process, here\u2019s the raw point data. This piece is the perfect example of me having no idea what I was doing while I was playing with the data. I was poking it, prodding it, trying to figure out what was there.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.022.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.022.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.022\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.022.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.022.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.022.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eventually I tested this type of algorithm that connects the dots based on proximity and these shapes started popping out at me.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.023.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.023.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.023\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.023.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.023.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.023.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And based on the length of the lines we start filtering some out. What remains are the clusters of points that are close enough together. Any of the patterns that form do so organically. And I\u2019ve focused in on a few of the cities that have the most data. The highest density is on both sides of the Bay, focused mostly in Oakland, but some other cities form interesting patterns. A face appears to me in San Jose, which I find particularly poetic.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.024.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.024.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.024\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.024.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.024.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.024.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>San Francisco looks like a dog to me. Or there\u2019s the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland over here in Oakland and up into Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>This was a good example of just playing with the data until a story emerged. I probably spend the bulk of my time just poking the data in various ways. Trying to find that narrative.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.025.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.025.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.025\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.025.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.025.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.025.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This next piece is more starting with the story and creating the visual with the data based on the narrative.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.026.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.026.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.026\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.026.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.026.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.026.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before showing the piece I created, I wanted to touch on the source data. This a map of census data from a few years ago showing median family income. Red is the lowest and blue is the highest. Since San Francisco is so small you end up with these pockets of poverty next to immense wealth.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco is a really weird place right now. I\u2019ve lived here for 10 years, and over the course of those 10 years the city has changed a lot, particularly in the last few years as the amount of tech money in this city has exploded. And I can\u2019t stand up here and be all preachy about anything, I\u2019m the gentrifying force as much as anybody. I moved to the Mission 10 years ago as that neighborhood was gentrifying. I\u2019m now in the Inner Richmond, where I paid what I thought was a ridiculous amount for a house 3 years ago, only now to be told that I can probably now sell my place for nearly double what I paid. The amount of money flowing into this city is just unreal.<\/p>\n<p>And yet then you walk through the Tenderloin. If San Francisco was a body, the Tenderloin would be its geographic heart. And so on the one hand you have the most insane home prices in the nation here, and on the other you walk 2 blocks from Union Square and there are needles in the street. And you\u2019ve got the Mission, which has a long hispanic history, but has now become the most hipstery hipster place in the world. What used to be a low income neighborhood is now where Mark Zuckerberg bought his $10 million home.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.027.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.027.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.027\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.027.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.027.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.027.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The city is full of this tension. Rent control is holding people hostage in fear, since if they get evicted for whatever reason there\u2019s no way they can afford to live in this city anymore. People who have lived here for decades are feeling the pressure that\u2019s pushing them out. They simply can\u2019t afford to stay.<\/p>\n<p>I figured I\u2019d speed up the gentrification. Normally it would take years, decades even, to push out the poor people from this city. But with a laser cutter we can do it all at once. I cut out the poorest census tracts and simply removed them altogether. Gutted the city of its poor.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.028.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.028.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.028\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.028.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.028.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.028.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They get cast aside, pushed out. And let\u2019s be brutally honest, this is the San Francisco a lot of people really want. And it\u2019s the San Francisco we\u2019re getting.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.029.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.029.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.029\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.029.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.029.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.029.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a pause from the heavy shit for a moment. I want to discuss a metaphor that had a big impact on me recently. I read this book called \u201cInformation Doesn\u2019t Want to Be Free\u201d by Cory Doctorow. Super fast read, I recommend it if you\u2019re interested in the arts in the age of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s one particular metaphor in this book that I love. It\u2019s about the difference between mammals and dandelions.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.030.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.030.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.030\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.030.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.030.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.030.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know it\u2019s a little bit weird to transition from sex offender and homicide maps into pictures of me and a newborn, but all my art content is equally morbid, so I couldn\u2019t really find a better segue.<\/p>\n<p>But back to the difference between mammals and dandelions. When mammals raise children we do so with an amazing amount of care and protection. Our children are fragile, they need looking after. It\u2019s our job to shield them from the dangers of the world and ensure they survive in all their perfection.<\/p>\n<p>This is my daughter, about a year ago when she was just born.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.031.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.031.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.031\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.031.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.031.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.031.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dandelion, on the other hand, takes the opposite approach. Instead of spending so much time and effort creating, protecting, and nurturing this one highly fragile child, the dandelion creates thousands of seeds and throws them into the wind. It gives up control entirely of where they will go.<\/p>\n<p>It has the faith that even though most are guaranteed to die, it only needs a few to land in the right spots.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.032.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.032.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.032\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.032.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.032.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.032.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And as we all know, this approach works, because dandelions pop up everywhere. Every field and patch of grass.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.033.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.033.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.033\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.033.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.033.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.033.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even places you wouldn\u2019t think they\u2019d survive. Every crack in the sidewalk.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.034.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.034.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.034\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.034.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.034.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.034.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This brings me to another saying that has become somewhat popular in the tech world. I think originally the quote is \u201cDo things, tell people\u201d. I\u2019ve slightly modified it here to just be \u201cMake things, tell people\u201d. These 4 words encapsulate 90% of what I think it takes to be successful. This applies to tech, I hope it applies to art.<\/p>\n<p>Make things. Tell people.<\/p>\n<p>Both parts, the making and the telling are equally important. You\u2019ll notice here in San Francisco there\u2019s an awful lot of \u201centrepreneurs\u201d (in this case the air quotes are very intentional). And they\u2019ll tell everyone they can about the amazing things they\u2019re going to make, but of course they never actually do.<\/p>\n<p>But on the flip side, just doing the work isn\u2019t enough either. You can\u2019t be a dandelion that makes thousands of seeds but hides them away from the world. <\/p>\n<p>Make Things. Tell People.<\/p>\n<p>And so as I continued experimenting with this new \u201cart\u201d stuff I was working on I decided I needed to be more like a dandelion and I needed to make things and tell people. I didn\u2019t want to stress out as much over whether what I was making was good enough, or if it was \u201cdone\u201d and polished and ready for the world to see. I needed to make as much as possible and send it into the wind.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.035.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.035.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.035\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.035.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.035.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.035.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luckily we have platforms now that are perfect for sending out thousands of small dandelion seeds. Twitter is of course the prime example, but the Facebook or the Youtube or the Tumblr or whatever else works just as well. I started making a conscious effort that I wouldn\u2019t wait until I had finished something to talk about it. Typically before I would spend weeks or months working on something and only once it was polished enough I would put it out there, since I was so afraid of criticism. But instead I wanted to force myself to put more out there. Everything from random experiments to failed iterations.<\/p>\n<p>This is when I was first playing with the homicide data and I didn\u2019t know where it was going. I was just experimenting, trying to figure out if there was anything there.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.036.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.036.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.036\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.036.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.036.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.036.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s another shot of the homicide data as it got a little closer to the end result. This was still pretty unpolished, but shows how the thing evolved as I was working on it.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.037.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.037.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.037\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.037.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.037.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.037.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Similarly, this is an early iteration of the sex offender box. This one was slightly different, you\u2019ll notice it\u2019s a square box. When I first laser cut this I wasn\u2019t intending for it to be an openable box at all, the top part here was just going to get thrown away. But then after I assembled it it struck me that this throwaway piece turned it into something even more interesting. I wasn\u2019t sure if I was going to pursue it or not, but that didn\u2019t stop me from taking a few photos and posting the work in progress.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.038.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.038.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.038\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.038.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.038.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.038.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also decided nothing should be a secret. Exactly how I make things, how I get the data, how someone else could reproduce my work, all of it should be shared.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.039.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.039.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.039\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.039.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.039.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.039.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know some of you here are local to San Francisco, or at least the Bay Area. So I\u2019m sure I wasn\u2019t alone when I got woken up at 3:20am on August 24 last year.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.040.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.040.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.040\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.040.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.040.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.040.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Napa, which is just north of here. This is the shakemap produced by the USGS that shows the shake intensity and the epicenter. There wasn\u2019t any damage down here in San Francisco, although it was a good jolt to wake you up in the middle of the night.<\/p>\n<p>And once I was up, like any good data geek, I started immediately downloading the data and playing with it. The USGS has a really cool network of sensors that instantly produces shakemaps of any large earthquake, instants after it happens. So by 4am I had the data and was already modeling it.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.041.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.041.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.041\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.041.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.041.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.041.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I turned the shake intensity data into a 3D model, as if the epicenter was a big mountain. Over the course of the next few days I worked in my garage where I keep my 3D printers and turned that model into sculpture.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.042.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.042.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.042\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.042.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.042.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.042.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The resulting print gives you a sense of where the earthquake occurred and how intense the shaking was at the epicenter, then as it drops off as it emanates out.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.043.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.043.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.043\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.043.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.043.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.043.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the coolest things about this was just how fast you can turn a recent event into something hanging on the wall. If my insomnia had held out that night I could have been printing that earthquake before the sun came up.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.044.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.044.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.044\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.044.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.044.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.044.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got into this natural disaster data because of work. For my day job I work on mapping software, with a particular focus on natural disaster data. We end up selling to a lot of insurance companies who are interested in knowing where a natural disaster occurred and what properties it might have affected.<\/p>\n<p>This next piece is influenced by that work. It\u2019s called A City Town in Two and represents a tornado strike in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.045.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.045.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.045\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.045.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.045.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.045.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll start again with the source data. This is the official city boundary of Moore, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.046.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.046.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.046\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.046.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.046.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.046.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 20, 2013 a EF5 tornado cut right through the middle of the town. It killed 24 people and leveled most everything in its path.<br \/>\nThis is the data defining the track from NOAA.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.047.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.047.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.047\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.047.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.047.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.047.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took that data and made a 3D model of the city boundary, then cut it in half by removing the tornado track for the city. Because that\u2019s essentially what the tornado did, it wiped that section off the map. This is 3D printed and mounted on wood in two distinct printed parts.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.048.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.048.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.048\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.048.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.048.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.048.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the satellite imagery, and you can pretty clearly see the path as it swept through town. And one thing that\u2019s crazy about a tornado like this is that within the path you have complete destruction. It\u2019s as if the houses just got wiped off the earth. And yet the craziest part is the on the other side of the street you\u2019ve got houses that were barely touched. It was incredible how black and white some of the damage was.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.049.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.049.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.049\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.049.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.049.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.049.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so I tried to capture some of that contrast. I 3D printed the boundary of Moore, but I split it in two, and I entirely removed the tornado track, since that\u2019s basically what the tornado itself did, it just ripped out that part of the city.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.050.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.050.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.050\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.050.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.050.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.050.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3D printing is a bit of an obsession of mine, as is crime data, which I\u2019m sure has been made readily apparent. These are some maps I\u2019ve been iterating on for years now. I like to think I\u2019m finally done with these now and can move on, but we\u2019ll see. They\u2019re what I call my stalagmite maps.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.051.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.051.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.051\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.051.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.051.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.051.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a set of 3 map of San Francisco showing different types of crime. Each one is a density map of the areas with the highest concentrations of crime. Where the most activity is the peaks rise up out of the map, similar to the Napa quake map but a bit more severe.<\/p>\n<p>On the left on the green we have narcotics crimes, then in the middle in blue is prostitution, and then on the right is vehicle theft.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.052.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.052.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.052\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.052.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.052.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.052.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here you can see them when looking straight on and you can see the shadows that the crime peaks form.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.053.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.053.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.053\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.053.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.053.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.053.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking one by one, here\u2019s drug arrests. It\u2019s probably not surprising that there\u2019s a high correlation with the poorer areas that were cut out of the Discard the Poor map are the same areas that peak here.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.054.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.054.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.054\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.054.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.054.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.054.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we have one of my favorite maps of all time, which is prostitution in San Francisco. The cops basically arrest people along two or three main streets. There\u2019s a cluster in the Tenderloin and in the Mission.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.055.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.055.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.055\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.055.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.055.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.055.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we have vehicle theft, which is all pervasive. It certainly has its ups and downs, and the low points here interestingly correlate with the high elevation. So you have twin peaks here, I guess people are less inclined to walk up the big hills to go steal cars, go figure.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.056.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.056.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.056\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.056.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.056.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.056.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I mentioned that I have been iterating on those maps for years. I presented very early iterations of those Stalagmite Crime maps 2 years ago at the first 360|Intersect, and another speaker there, Josh Michaels, also a returning speaker this year, happened to see that talk. A full year after that presentation I got an email from Josh. Turns out that he decided he wanted to find a fun way to throw away some money, so he had opened an art gallery in Portland.<\/p>\n<p>He asked me if I was interested in doing a solo show. Without giving myself enough time to rationalize out of it, I quickly said yes, but since I had no idea how I was going to do a whole show by myself, I signed up for the latest possible time I could, which was April 2015. So I\u2019ve been working hard as April approached.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.057.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.057.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.057\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.057.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.057.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.057.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then I drove everything up to Portland and we hung it all on some blank white walls.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.058.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.058.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.058\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.058.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.058.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.058.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The whole thing was pretty surreal, from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.059.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.059.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.059\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.059.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.059.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.059.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even made these little labels, literally by googling \u201cMuseum labels\u201d or some such shit and trying to copy what I saw in other photos.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.060.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.060.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.060\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.060.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.060.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.060.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But despite all my anxiety, it ended up being fantastic. It was scary as all hell, but it was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.061.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.061.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.061\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.061.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.061.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.061.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The place was packed on the opening.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.062.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.062.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.062\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.062.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.062.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.062.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>People seemed into it. Like these folks looking inquisitively at the work.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.063.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.063.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.063\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.063.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.063.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.063.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This shot is particularly hilarious, since I like to think he\u2019s explaining to these people how my work moves him on such a deep emotional level.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.064.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.064.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.064\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.064.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.064.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.064.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This was actually the last piece I made, the day before I drove up to Portland, but it turned out really well and we mounted it on the wall and stuck the falling pieces on the wall like that.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.065.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.065.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.065\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.065.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.065.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.065.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stalagmite maps were interesting. Josh wasn\u2019t comfortable putting these on a wall, which I can\u2019t blame him for. He was worried someone would have their back to them and back up into them. He didn\u2019t want anyone going to the hospital, or snapping them in half, so we put them on a table instead. Angled up just enough to still give you the sense that you could be impaled.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.066.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.066.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.066\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.066.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.066.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.066.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And overall there was a great turnout. Tons of people came in throughout the night. Lots of really good conversations. Mostly people seemed to be into it.<br \/>\n(This picture is a little misleading because that guy\u2019s my dad, so he\u2019s forced to be into it).<\/p>\n<p>I even had some art students come in and tell me how impressed they were, and how they were surprised because they didn\u2019t expect it, but this work was \u201creally quite contemporary\u201d. I nodded and smiled and had absolutely no idea what the fuck they meant. Based on the way they said it it was clear the word \u201ccontemporary\u201d has some very important meaning to art kids and I am very much not in the know.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.067.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.067.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.067\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.067.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.067.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.067.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of prepping for a show in Portland I figured I should cater to the locals a bit, so I started digging into the available Portland datasets. This piece is Drunk Traffic, which maps 10 years worth of DUI arrests in Portland.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.068.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.068.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.068\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.068.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.068.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.068.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This one tries to mimic a typical traffic map you\u2019d see if you pulled up Google maps. You\u2019ve got your normal red, orange, yellow and green streets, except now instead of indicating which streets have the most traffic, they tell you which streets have the most DUI arrests.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.069.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.069.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.069\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.069.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.069.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.069.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To create this piece I started, as always, with the raw point data.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.070.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.070.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.070\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.070.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.070.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.070.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then we can also download the full road network, so we get the lines for all the streets.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.071.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.071.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.071\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.071.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.071.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.071.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You mash those two together and you can figure out the number of arrests that occurred along each street segment.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.072.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.072.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.072\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.072.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.072.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.072.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And there you go, your very own DUI map. I like to tell myself this map can tell you what streets to avoid as a pedestrian or bicyclist out on a Friday night, as opposed to which way you should try to drive home if you\u2019re hammered.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.073.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.073.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.073\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.073.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.073.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.073.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I did a few other Portland pieces for the show. This one focuses on burglaries.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.074.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.074.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.074\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.074.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.074.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.074.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I created a sort of inverse topographic map. Your typical topo map will rise up into space. This one recedes down. It shows the density of a decade\u2019s worth of burglaries throughout Portland.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.075.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.075.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.075\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.075.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.075.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.075.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I laser cut sheets of paper to achieve this effect. It\u2019s quite similar to the Sex Offender box, but a bit more subtle.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.076.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.076.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.076\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.076.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.076.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.076.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While digging into Portland crime data I revisited some of my favorite themes.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.077.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.077.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.077\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.077.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.077.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.077.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I created a couple 3D maps of Portland to compare different crime types, in this case we have prostitution on the left and vehicle theft on the right.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.078.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.078.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.078\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.078.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.078.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.078.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used a new approach to bin the data with hexagons and then extrude those hexagons to form the mountains. It produces almost a retro video game look. With the city so abstracted I tried to keep the river that cuts through Portland as the visual landmark for people to get their bearings.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.079.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.079.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.079\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.079.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.079.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.079.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s prostitution, which is mostly flat, except for this mountain range running north\/south. I learned a lot about Portland through combing through the data and doing this work. In this case I learned all about 82nd Ave, which is this street where all the action is.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.080.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.080.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.080\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.080.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.080.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.080.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a side view of the mountain range of 82nd Ave rising up. Apparently if you want anything from a probably stolen used car to a shady massage, 82nd Ave is the place to go in Portland.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.081.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.081.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.081\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.081.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.081.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.081.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And one last shot of vehicle thefts. The fun part about this one is that the gallery where the show was was right at this peak, so it was a lot of fun to watch people orient themselves and figure out that they\u2019re standing right where the giant spike is.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.082.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.082.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.082\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.082.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.082.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.082.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK, so all that stuff was up on display at the gallery. And like I said, it was equal parts exhilarating and terrifying. But hey, I even got on the local Portland news!<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.083.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.083.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.083\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.083.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.083.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.083.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although I was a bit disappointed I couldn\u2019t get the title of \u201cartist\u201d on TV, but hey, at least I\u2019m not labeled a programmer I suppose. But it does get you thinking, at what point does one earn the right to call oneself an artist? Does the TV have to say it? Did the gallery show count and give me enough street cred? Do hipster art students waxing about \u201ccontemporary\u201d this or that get me there?<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.084.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.084.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.084\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.084.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.084.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.084.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And when you start asking those seemingly silly questions it seems fairly obvious that none of those things really matter much. Of course it\u2019s not a little label under your name, or what art school kids say. What matters is doing the work.<\/p>\n<p>This was my living room right before I loaded up everything into my car to drive it up to the gallery. And as I was taking stock of everything my 3 year old son came downstairs.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.085.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.085.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.085\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.085.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.085.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.085.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here he is giving me a double thumbs up. It\u2019s amazing how much you can learn from a 3 year old if you take the time to really listen.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.086.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.086.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.086\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.086.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.086.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.086.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was reading him one of his books the other day. This was a Richard Scarry book and it describes all kinds of different jobs people have. So you have lawyers, writers, window washers, etc.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.087.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.087.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.087\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.087.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.087.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.087.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So we come to this guy here, and I\u2019m pointing to see if my son can figure out who each person is just based on the picture. And I point to this picture and my son, being the genius that he is, says<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.088.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.088.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.088\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.088.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.088.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.088.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Artist&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>short pause, then<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.089.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.089.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.089\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.089.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.089.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.089.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just like you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And so there I was. Reading a book to my son before bedtime and trying as hard as I could not to cry. Feeling this intense pride.<\/p>\n<p>My mother was an artist. She never had anything hanging in a museum. She didn\u2019t make her living selling artwork. She never had art kids analyzing her work. But for my entire childhood she painted, she created, and most importantly, she taught me to value that creativity. Without me realizing it she taught me what it was to be an artist.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.090.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.090.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.090\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.090.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.090.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.090.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And so I do this work, mostly for myself, I\u2019ll be honest, but also for my kids. So they will grow up valuing creating as much as I did. To set the constant example that a life spent making things is a life well lived.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.091.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.091.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.091\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.091.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.091.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.091.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re too young to remember this show. But I\u2019m determined to live the example I want to set.<\/p>\n<p>And for myself, I\u2019m determined to embrace it &#8211; to own it.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019d like to circle back to the very first slide of this presentation and give that one a second try.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.092.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.092.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"360Intersect2015_images.092\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.092.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.092.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dougmccune.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/360Intersect2015_images.092.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi, my name is Doug. I\u2019m an artist.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 25 I had the honor of presenting at 360|intersect. My talk was titled Desperately Trying to Remove the Air Quotes Around the Word &#8220;Artist&#8221;. I present artwork I&#8217;ve created over the past year, and reflect on my struggle to identify as an artist. 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