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About Katherine Wikoff

I am a college professor (PhD in English, concentration rhetoric) at Milwaukee School of Engineering, where I teach film and media studies, political science, digital society, digital storytelling, writing for digital media, and communication. While fragments of my teaching and scholarship interests may quite naturally meander over to my blog, this space is intended to function as a creative outlet, not as part of my professional practice. Opinions are my own, etc.

Bicycle with Shadow Sharrow

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Today I learned the official name for a certain ubiquitous graphic painted on the bike lanes of city streets: “sharrow.” A “sharrow”— in case you also didn’t know what to call this thing you’ve surely seen many times—is the “signage” … Continue reading →

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Abstract optical games

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I took this photo two weeks ago because the reflected light was so striking. And then I promptly forgot all about it until the other night when I was at Boswell Books to see Austin Kleon. As the event began, … Continue reading →

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A nice midweek break

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Last night after work I met my friend, Karen, for dinner on the East Side (which is how we Milwaukeeans refer to the area bounded by the lake on the east, the river on the west, Capitol Drive on the … Continue reading →

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Do you recognize this font?

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Driving home from work yesterday, I got stopped at the traffic light at Sixth and Juneau. Looked to my left and immediately started puzzling over the font above the Johnson Controls Entrance. Anyone know what it is?

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Visiting Sim – Part One

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

This past Saturday I went to a lecture/tour at the Milwaukee Public Library marking 90 years since Simba the lion came to live at the Milwaukee Public Museum, which then shared half of the building with the Central Library downtown. … Continue reading →

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Misinformation Reigns

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Misinformation Reigns Misinformation Reigns — Read on justthis.video.blog/2019/04/17/misinformation-reigns/ Another excellent post on the fire at Notre Dame.

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Memento Mori: Notre Dame

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Memento Mori: Notre Dame Memento Mori: Notre Dame — Read on karenullo.wordpress.com/2019/04/17/memento-mori-notre-dame/ Beautiful post reflecting on the fire this week.

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Snowy birch at night

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Took this picture after yesterday’s snow finally ended, shortly before turning in. Any photos I take at night with my phone are usually greenish and hard to make out. This one looked really striking though, and practically black and white … Continue reading →

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Springtime in Milwaukee

Posted on April 14, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

I actually DID see some daffodils yesterday. But today looks like this. At least it’s mid-April, so no one is stressed about getting it all shoveled before the polar winds sweep  down from northern Canada bringing -20 degree temperatures and … Continue reading →

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CypherCon 4.0, the Milwaukee River dyed green, and three homes of the Milwaukee Bucks

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Katherine Wikoff

Taught my morning class today and then walked over to the convention center (maybe 20 minutes away) to attend CypherCon, billed as “Wisconsin’s Hacker Conference” mostly centered on network security but also containing bigger-picture sessions on societal implications of data … Continue reading →

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