Monthly Archives: September 2011

Death of Michael Hart

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

A few thoughts on the death of Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg over at my personal blog.  Especially, I’m intrigued that Hart purposefully chosed a simple and nearly universal interface for Project Gutenberg, and it is therefore nearly universally … Continue reading →

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Hacking the Academy

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Last week the University of Michigan announced the release of the open access version of and print versions of a work called “Hacking the Academy,” a book ‘crowd sourced in one week.’ This is another George Mason University new media … Continue reading →

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Digital Humanities at the AHA

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

AHA Today tells us that there will be nearly two dozen sessions on digital humanities at the annual meeting in Chicago. One could easily come to this year’s AHA and attend nothing but digital history sessions.  This is a conference … Continue reading →

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The Humanities are Colonizing the Fields That Were Supposdely Replacing Them

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Cross-posted at The Way of Improvement Leads Home In responding to the increased interest in digital humanities on college campuses, Stanley Fish wrote: “While we have been anguishing over the fate of the humanities, the humanities have been busily moving … Continue reading →

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Discussion of Henry Jenkins and Lev Manovich

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

I thought I’d get down a few notes regarding our meeting and discussion today.  Since not everyone can make every meeting, it seems to me that it might be worthwhile to have the discussion after the discussion that summarizes and … Continue reading →

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Zotero, a new organizational tool

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Dan J. Cohen Ph.D. from George Mason has introduced a new tool for organizing historical resources during research. Cohen, a prominent scholar in the field of history, sought to find the answer to the problem of “historical abundance” in the … Continue reading →

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Changing ideas about writing and scholarship in the digital age

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Over at my other blog, I’ve written a bit about Kenneth Goldsmith’s essay on changing ideas about writing and creativity in the digital age.  Although Goldsmith’s focus is on creative writing, I think there might be implications for what we … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on THATCamp Philly

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

See a few of my additional comments on Digital Humanities.

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Some thoughts on THATCamp Philadelphia

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

On the train home from Philadelphia, here are a few thoughts on the THATCamp… Data Manipulation.  The boot camp opened up with a presentation on the value of basic programming for non-programmers.  I found parts of this session helpful, including … Continue reading →

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Observations from THATCampPhilly: things a beginner ought to think about regarding Digital Humanities

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

David Pettegrew and I are attending the THATCamp Bootcamp in Philly, so I thought I’d offer just a few observations based on the morning sessions.  I am very clearly an earnest beginning in some of this stuff related to Digital … Continue reading →

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