I created a dashboard in Trello to act as a storehouse for Class Notes, Deadlines, and Meetings that people can share notes and links. Eventually a Gantt chart will be placed here as well.

To continue my post on “thought-in-progress” through screen sharing. Joanne and Eva were gracious enough to work through some of the data wrangling in Python before our very eyes. It was a unique experience that allowed us to peer into the mind of someone working through a problem. The benefit of working in a group project using skills we have honed over the last few years in school or at work is that we are still working through tools we have learned to use. In that sense there is still a testing out of what works best, and thankfully no one in the group is shy about presenting works in progress. In this sense we all get to learn what a JSON file is, how to successfully link up datasets in Github, and what a successful wireframe for a website looks like. 

We took to heart the presentation given by Dr. Lisa Rhody, when creating the collaborator’s agreement. It seems to me that sometimes the boundaries of responsibility can become a little muddled. Especially in cases where members of the group are enthusiastic about being involved in other parts of the project. It only speaks to the benevolence of the members of my group. We have settled on dividing up the work according to established strengths, but are considering recording parts of the workflow for the edification of the other members. Through these videos we are able to share knowledge, and introduce others to at least the fundamentals of programming or UX/UI design.

The advice to centralize the role of Outreach was well received by our group, and I was appointed as the person to spearhead these developments. There does seem to be some work necessary in one crucial aspect, highlighted by Joanne: Where is the boundary between simplifying and potentially losing nuance regarding the outcome of a case. – Does the process of aggregating this data lose nuance? Since not every case is the same (in many different ways, length, people involved, location) We want to avoid a flattening/distortion. To get to the heart of this we intend to meet with Micki who has also dealt with case law to some degree in hter Kissinger Project; and understand better the real-world ramifications of contending with historic and political documents.