(my) History of Technology by Verie Sandborg. A retiree’s recollections of a lifetime with personal technology.
Roots Television. User-generated genealogy videos. Interesting, but too many ads.
Technica. An archive of lego history, including early advertisements, a numbered set listing, and an extensive timeline.
Entries from February 2008
Briefly Noted for February 22, 2008
February 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Artifacts · Biography · Briefly Noted · Genealogy · History of Technology · Hobbies · Memory · Timelines · Video
Omeka for All
February 20th, 2008 · No Comments
As Steve Brier, Josh Brown, and Mike O’Malley pointed out in Episode 2 of History Conversations, CHNM’s late founder, Roy Rosenzweig firmly believed that it wasn’t enough for the historian interested in popular memory simply to be an analyst of popular historymaking. He or she also had to be an active practitioner of public [...]
Tags: Digital Humanities · Museums · Omeka · Public History · Roy
A Look Back at Braddock
February 12th, 2008 · No Comments
Another episode of the History Conversations podcast has dropped. This time, the volunteer historians of the Look Back at Braddock project join me for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities posed by local history. Located near the center of Fairfax County, Virginia, Braddock District has changed rapidly in the 20th century, and members of [...]
Tags: Digital Humanities · Local History · Public History