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Autobiography
About Me — Paul Coogan
From medieval times to the information age
Introduction
After 60 years my collection of friends and family, though small, has become quite varied and cherished. They come from many walks of life, picked up along the meandering path to where I am now. As I was planning a virtual open house for my birthday I realized each person would only know one or two facets of me and have perhaps a narrow expectation of who might be in attendance. This led me to write a short overview of my life as a preface to the party.
Similarly, you dear reader may only know me from the few public writings I have posted here over the past year. So in the spirit of repurposed content, I present to you a short history of me.
Venn Diagrams
One of my early childhood memories was coloring Venn diagrams my father had mimeographed for his math class; perhaps this was the igniting spark of my interest in data visualization. Here my circles of friends and family are categorized into a Venn network.
