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title: Folks I Look up to
author: Colton Grainger
date: 2018-07-04
revised: 2019-05-27
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Few of my ideas are original, especially those dealing with the material design
and organization of this site.

Thanks for style sheets, existential motivation, and technical HOWTOs:

+ [Philip Guo](http://pgbovine.net/)
+ [Matt Might](http://matt.might.net/)
+ [Issa Rice](http://issarice.com)
    - Much credit to Issa Rice for forging a really crisp style sheet. (I even
      use a variant of the headers when taking notes by hand.) I've pulled
      multiple features from his site: headers, CC0 licensing, and general
      modus operandi.

Thanks for encouragement:

- [Vi Hart](http://vihart.com/vi-hart-faq/)
- [Evelyn Eastmon](http://www.evelyneastmond.com/)
- [Nikki Case](http://blog.ncase.me/)

Thanks for feedback on tone, voice, and *making human*
[Iser's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Iser) implied reader:

+ [Dave R.](https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/directory/david-rosoff)
+ [Megan D.](https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/directory/megan-dixon)
+ [Eric S.](https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/directory/eric-spencer)
+ [Steve M.](https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/directory/steve-maughan)


To give credit for the idea to create `quamash.net`^[The domain name refers to *Cammassia quamash*, e.g., from the OED, 1814 *Lewis & Clarke's Exp.* The Chopunnish are now dispersed in villages...for the purpose of collecting quamash.]

- W. Caleb McDaniel's [academic wiki](http://wiki.wcaleb.rice.edu/)
- Joachim Breitner's [MitScriebWiki](http://mitschriebwiki.nomeata.de/)
- Issa Rice's [Updates](https://issarice.wordpress.com/)
- Michael Pacer's [Qualifying Exam Materials](https://mpacer.org/qualifying-exam-materials/#/qualifying-exam-written-portion/)
- Michael Goerz's [Studies](https://michaelgoerz.net/studies/)
- <https://learning.subwiki.org>