Eugene Wallingford

@wallingf
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I'm a computer science professor at a mid-sized university interested in how people create abstract tools like programs and arguments. OOP, design patterns, programming languages.
Websitehttps://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/
Bloghttps://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/wallingf/
@fsinn Or, apparently, what jiu jitsu is.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@keithp/116252622120232088

Me, too. This could be handy.

@sree Likewise.
cover Simon's face with your finger and it looks like Garfunkel has a sick mustache
@zachmccoy Be pet gay dogs?
It seems faintly absurd to have to say explicitly but, whatever tools you use, your work will be better if you know what you are doing and understand why you are doing it.
-- @kjhealy in "Data Visualization, Second Edition", self-quoted at
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/03/06/data-visualization-second-edition/
Data Visualization, Second Edition

I’ve written a second edition of Data Visualization: A Practical Introduction, which ideally should come out with Princeton University Press later this year. As with the first edition, a full draft of the book is available at https://socviz.co. The production process is just getting started so there’s no new cover yet, and there isn’t a link to pre-order. But (also like last time) I’ve put up a link to a form that lets you add your email if you’d like to be notified when it’s available to buy. You’ll only get one email (from me personally, not a marketing department) if you do; no spam or anything.

@unchartedworlds @GeePawHill I am reading this book just now. It is unlike any book I’ve ever read.
@raganwald @cdegroot Quite a pair.
Astronomical spring and meteorological spring are important, of course, but tomorrow is the most important day of March: sartorial spring, when Prof. Wallingford flips the bit and switches into shorts for the year.