June 30, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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The Center for History and New Media (CHNM, http://chnm.gmu.edu) at George Mason University invites expressions of interest to join the Center in applying to the National Endowment for the Humanities for one of NEH’s Fellowships at Digital Humanities Centers. NEH … Continue reading
June 17, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Just before the launch of the Omeka public beta in late February, my colleagues and I had a brief conversation about metrics for the project and what would constitute success. The number we settled on for the three year lifespan … Continue reading
June 12, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Please visit CHNM News where we have just posted an ad for a new tenure-track position in digital history. The position will be split between teaching history and new media in the Department of History and Art History and working … Continue reading
June 12, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Geek meme: Command line history. For about a month during the spring, geeks everywhere were using history|awk ‘{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf “%5d\t%s \n”,a[i],i}}’|sort -rn|head to post their top ten most used shell commands to the interwebs. Samuel Pepys on Twitter. … Continue reading
June 11, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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I’m pleased to announce the New York Public Library has released its first online exhibition using the Omeka platform. Eminent Domain is a photographic installation chronicling the changing nature of urban space in New York City today. NYPL Labs is … Continue reading
June 9, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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There has been a useful discussion on Twitter (of all places!) among some of the THATCamp participants about how to write a good help wanted ad for programmers for digital humanities projects. Here are a few of the suggestions, mostly … Continue reading
June 6, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Last week CHNM hosted the inaugural THATCamp to what seemed to me like great success. Short for “The Humanities and Technology Camp,” THATCamp is a BarCamp-style, user-generated “unconference” on digital humanities. Structurally, it differs from an ordinary conference in two … Continue reading
June 5, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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Listeners to the most recent episode of Digital Campus will know that I’m a fairly heavy user of Twitter, the weirdly addictive and hard-to-describe microblogging and messaging service. But anyone who uses the wildly popular service regularly will also know … Continue reading
June 3, 2008
by Tom Scheinfeldt
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I couldn’t be more excited to announce the launch of CHNM’s first major online exhibition for general audiences. Gulag: Many Days, Many Lives draws visitors into the Gulag’s history through bilingual exhibits (English and Russian), a rich archive, and other … Continue reading