NarraFirma

• 2026-01-01

  NarraCat

  Note: I moved this writing from a page to a post, so it seems new, but it’s actually quite old (circa 2014). Also note: I have left this page (now post) up for archival purposes, but NarraCat is no longer being supported. It was superceded by NarraFirma. You can still download and use (and adapt)… Read more

• 2021-10-26

  We Are Now Leaving NarraFirma (for a while)

  As you may know, my husband and I started working together on NarraFirma, our open-source software for participatory narrative inquiry, in 2014. We put out our first release in October of 2015. Since then I have tried to work on the software for at least a month every year. All in all, I would estimate… Read more

• 2021-09-24

  NarraFirma 1.5.0 is out

  All righty then. I’ve been working on the latest pulse of NarraFirma development for about two months, and I’ve got some things to show you. I’ll just show you a few of my favorite changes here. For more detail (than you could ever want), visit the NarraFirma blog. Better surveys The surveying part of NarraFirma… Read more

• 2021-07-28

  A New Journey to NarraFirma

  Hello everybody. After nearly two years, it’s finally time to go back to work on NarraFirma. I am now beginning a new development pulse. Hooray! In fact, I have already released a new minor version. You can read about the changes in version 1.4.2 in the narrafirma.com blog post announcing the release.  Now here’s my… Read more

• 2019-09-04

  Even more NarraFirma

  I have just finished another NarraFirma release, again based on commissions, with more new features. Chiefly this: I am calling it a “correlation map.” It shows relationships among all the scale questions in your project in one graph. When you hover over a link you can see the scatterplot of combined values (as in this… Read more

• 2019-05-18

  NarraFirma keeps getting better

  Last month I received some more development commissions to improve NarraFirma, so I have been working on it again, and I released a new version today. The focus of this release has been on improving the flexibility and usability of the catalysis process. You can review the full list of changes at the NarraFirma blog.… Read more

• 2019-01-14

  More Better NarraFirma

  NarraFirma has been getting some attention lately. I received development commissions from several NarraFirma users, so I’ve been working on the software since early November, and I’ve bundled together all the things people wanted into a new version, 1.2.0. The blog post on the NarraFirma web site goes into great detail about all the new… Read more

• 2018-01-12

  Here I am talking about NarraFirma

  I finally managed to update the NarraFirma introduction video. I’m sure I’ll hate it in a year’s time, but for now, this is as good as it’s going to get. If you have any questions about NarraFirma, be sure to send them along. Read more

• 2017-12-08

  NarraFirma 1.0

  I am finally ready to announce the release of NarraFirma 1.0. I’ve been working on it since the summer. I was able to give the software a nice solid overhaul in functionality and usability. The blog post on the NarraFirma web site describes the changes in detail. I’ll summarize just a few of the major… Read more

• 2016-04-15

  Progress on NarraFirma

  Hey folks. I wonder if people might have wondered what happened to NarraFirma. Here’s an update. After the software’s initial release last October, we found ourselves pretty busy for a while. My husband got busy looking for a job, and now he’s hard at work keeping the job he found. I experienced an uptick both… Read more

• 2015-10-13

  We have made NarraFirma

  We went now away with a fair wind for Brazil; and in about twelve days’ time we made land….  We kept on S. by E., in sight of the shore . . . and in three days came to an anchor off the bay of All Saints, the old place of my deliverance, from whence… Read more

• 2011-07-14

  Meet the NarraCat

  I finally got around to releasing NarraCat. It is a set of scripts for narrative catalysis I’ve been using and building for the past few years. You will find a page on NarraCat on the right side of the blog under “useful things.” I don’t expect more than a handful of people to be very… Read more