{"id":23,"date":"2021-10-12T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T17:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/?p=23"},"modified":"2021-10-12T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T17:45:27","slug":"lucidcharts-a-love-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/2021\/10\/12\/lucidcharts-a-love-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"LucidCharts: A Love Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this blog, I wanted to share one of my favorite pieces of software, LucidCharts. I use LucidCarts quite a bit for work, and I find that it\u2019s one of the best ways to coordinate across large teams. LucidCharts helps me organize my projects and trains of thought. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning on this parody of her sonnet. To break up the poem, I included images of a few projects I\u2019ve done in LucidCarts over the course of my tenure at OSU. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Poem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>LucidCharts, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love thee because of thy ERDs and UML diagrams, which are so easy to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4698\/files\/2021\/10\/CardConstructors-1024x791.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" width=\"318\" height=\"249\" \/><figcaption>ERD for the gaming project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My soul can reach (to LucidCharts), when feeling like I need to start mapping out a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4698\/files\/2021\/10\/Blank-Diagram-1024x775.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31\" width=\"241\" height=\"186\" \/><figcaption>Laying out a personal project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the end of hand-drawn images and the ideal packages that contain all the icons I need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4698\/files\/2021\/10\/icons.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24\" width=\"249\" height=\"186\" \/><figcaption>Example of how many icons exist just for users<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Most quiet need, whether I\u2019m working on OSU homework by sun or candle-light (mostly candle-light).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love thee freely, as I strive to get my project plan just right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love thee purely, as you turn diagrams into creative layouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4698\/files\/2021\/10\/CardConstructors-Page-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\" width=\"358\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4698\/files\/2021\/10\/CardConstructors-Page-3.png 1120w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4698\/files\/2021\/10\/CardConstructors-Page-3-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><figcaption>Design of Card Creator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I love thee with the passion because it\u2019s so easy to use,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to my old griefs with my childhood\u2019s faith in spreadsheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I love thee with a love I seemed to lose using Microsoft Visio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially with my lost files because of failures to save, I love thee with your cloud-based saving,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the lack of tears when doing all my homework; and if my instructor choose,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I shall but love thee better after this class ends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The End<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I really like LucidCarts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find the real poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nosweatshakespeare.com\/blog\/how-do-i-love-thee\/\">How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count The Ways: Sonnet Analysis (nosweatshakespeare.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this blog, I wanted to share one of my favorite pieces of software, LucidCharts. I use LucidCarts quite a bit for work, and I find that it\u2019s one of the best ways to coordinate across large teams. LucidCharts helps &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/2021\/10\/12\/lucidcharts-a-love-letter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11529,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11529"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gaming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}