<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Matt Lane]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inside the mind of Matt Lane. Teacher, math doctor, lover of ice cream. Stories on the intersection of math, equity, games, and whatever else piques my interest.]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2019 01:06:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful / Analysis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People 
(a.k.a.  Beautiful / Anonymous ) is a podcast with a simple premise: "One phone
call. One hour. No…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/beautiful-analysis/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/beautiful-analysis/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping Distances]]></title><description><![CDATA[When was the last time you went more than a day without thinking about distance?
It might seem like a strange question. But notions of…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/keeping-distances/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/keeping-distances/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength in Numbers]]></title><description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, I've read two books that have kept me up at night. One of them is called  The Merchant of Doubt: How a Handful of…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/strength-in-numbers/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/strength-in-numbers/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fairest of Them All]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whether it's a game on the playground or a policy proposal on Capitol Hill,
debates about fairness are commonplace. But what does it mean…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/fairest-of-them-all/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/fairest-of-them-all/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind the Gerrymandered Gap]]></title><description><![CDATA[2018 has been a big year for raising awareness on how states draw congressional districts. The Supreme Court  heard two cases  arguing that…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/mind-the-gerrymandered-gap/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/mind-the-gerrymandered-gap/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warming Dots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, when the problems of the world seem overwhelming, it's worth remembering how small we really are. Physicist  Carl Sagan  summed…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/warming-dots/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/warming-dots/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harvesting Wins]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few months back, my son began to show an interest in board games. At the time he was only two, so we couldn't play anything too…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/harvesting-wins/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/harvesting-wins/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dishing on Petrie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many things are rotten in the state of tech. From Susan Fowler's  essay  on the toxic culture at Uber, to reports that  60% of women in tech…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/dishing-on-petrie/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/dishing-on-petrie/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four (Hundred and Thirty-Two) Weddings]]></title><description><![CDATA[When my wife and I first got engaged, we spent a fair amount of time doing what any newly engaged American couple does: watching a lot of…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/four-weddings/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/four-weddings/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws of Inequality]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's a well-established fact that in the United States,  income inequality is increasing . According to a 2011  report  from the…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/income-inequality/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/income-inequality/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming Relationships: Nonlinear Approaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[(Note: this is a follow-up to my  previous story . If you haven't read that one, you should! This story assumes you've checked out the…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/gaming-relationships-nonlinear/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/gaming-relationships-nonlinear/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gaming Relationships: Linear Approaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my book,  Power Up: Unlocking the Hidden Mathematics in Video Games ,  I write about mathematical models of relationships inspired by…]]></description><link>https://mattlane.us/stories/gaming-relationships-linear/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://mattlane.us/stories/gaming-relationships-linear/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>