Found History

by Tom Scheinfeldt

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Entries from September 2010

Alt-Conference Venues

September 2nd, 2010 · 13 Comments

A discussion today on Twitter about the rising costs of conference space, even on campuses, which in many cases charge their own faculty and staff for use of facilities, got me thinking that we humanists should be thinking more creatively about where to hold our gatherings. The Hilton is nice. But as THATCamp has shown, [...]

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Tags: Management

Omeka and Its Peers

September 1st, 2010 · 8 Comments

As an open source, not-for-profit, warm-and-fuzzy, community service oriented project, we don’t normally like to talk about market rivals or competitive products when we talk about Omeka. Nevertheless, we are often asked to compare Omeka with other products. "Who’s Omeka’s competition?" is a fairly frequent question. Like many FAQs, there is an easy answer and [...]

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