Kalyani Tupkary

The timeline seems among the most inescapable metaphors we have. And yet, in its modern form, with a single axis and a regular, measured distribution of dates, it is a relatively recent invention. Understood in this strict sense, the timeline is not even 250 years old. How this could be possible, what alternatives existed before, and what

Like so many botanical concepts, the flower clock originated with the Swedish ur-taxonomist Carl Linnaeus, in his 1751 treatise “Philosophia Botanica.” Based on field observations, he divided flowers into three categories. The meteorici open and close with the weather. The tropici follow the changing hours of daylight. And the aequinoctales,

When I diagram, I start by setting a diagrammatic intention. This provides focus as I research the audience I seek to serve and set the diagrammatic scope that best aligns to those decisions at the diagrammatic scale I am working at.

My methods meander between academia and Silicon Valley: I explore theories by expressing them in real-world systems, which produce insights I use to improve the theories, which I use in turn to improve the systems, and so on.

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But while nature may mete out time’s passage in these horological devices, it takes human observation of the heavens to set them. Even the most precise atomic clock must be periodically tweaked to account for variations in the earth’s rotation. Some clocks, however, are tuned more directly to nature.

strong presentation is often what gets an idea accepted. If the story is told well, and the presenter speaks with an understanding of the client and their world, it can help people connect emotionally, functionally, or practically.A strong presentation can help people believe in something riskier or more complex.