Neatline

After attending our first Neatline session, I can confidently say that I quite like the platform. It's completely unique from anything else I've ever used, which made it pretty fun to learn! I consider myself to be a visual learner, so a platform like this that lays out all of the included information in a user-friendly way aligns with my learning style well. I enjoy putting together visuals, such as powerpoints and infographics, so one of my favorite things about Neatline was the ability to customize the style and design elements to create a project that is both informative and visually appealing. 

I would definitely consider using Neatline for a future project. It seems most effective when there are a range of dates and locations, so I hope to complete a research excursion which includes both of those. For example, our very brief in-class activity was not the best use of Neatline in my opinion. My group compiled three locations from Parvaiz's section and inputted them into the map. With this little information, the map was basically empty and the timeline was blank because the book did not provide dates. I think that Neatline seems most effective for projects like Michelle's where she compiled all of the locations and dates related to our reading list for this quarter. The map was well populated and color-coded, which made it fun to look through. Additionally, since a focus for our class is the history of the book, seeing information about when and where each novel was published was extremely interesting. For that project, the dates and locations really built off of each other to tell a story regarding the history of books around the world over time.