Beau CroninTed Nordhaus’s Fake Fake Climate DebateWhy is Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute wielding bad faith arguments in the WSJ to dismiss the youth climate movement?Jan 29, 2020Jan 29, 2020
Beau CroninCombining perceptual cues to communicate scale in data-driven environmentsAs embedding.js comes into its own a little bit, I’ve started playing around with environments that communicate scale and relative size…Jan 26, 2017Jan 26, 2017
Beau CroninIntroducing Embedding.js, a Library for Data-Driven EnvironmentsData and its visual presentation have become central to our understanding of the world, and yet so many visualizations prioritize bling…Jan 12, 2017Jan 12, 2017
Beau CroninDesign challenges for a realistic Earth system simulation gameEarthers is a simulation game whose core dynamics are provided by real climate, earth system, and economic models — the kind of models used…Nov 5, 2016Nov 5, 2016
Beau CroninPerceptual Augmentation“The goal is not to build a model of the world in a computer — it is to build it in the mind of the user” — Mark BolasFeb 22, 2016Feb 22, 2016
Beau CroninWhy does TensorFlow matter?(definitely a hot take — let me know what you think!)Nov 11, 20155Nov 11, 20155
Beau CroninThe Oculus Rift Is An Applied Neuroscience PowerhouseNote: This is an older post, originally published in August 2014, that I am moving to Medium.Aug 14, 2015Aug 14, 2015
Beau CroninAutodidact: My kind of freakAt Foocamp this year, I saw a session on the board called the Autodidact Meetup. I wasn’t sure why I was drawn to attend, but it was the…Aug 6, 20152Aug 6, 20152
Beau CroninSpeculations on neuro-motivated design for VRSkeuomorphic vs Flat is the wrong question — we need a new way forwardJul 17, 20154Jul 17, 20154
Beau CroninHow to think about changing the carbon equationSome of the biggest progress on climate change will come from far outside “green” techJul 10, 2015Jul 10, 2015