February, 2012
Omeka vs. Pinterest
Feb. 29, 2012—I know everyone has made (or at least explored) an Omeka site, and I’ve sent everyone invitations for Pinterest — so I thought it’d be worthwhile to post about the similarities/differences between the two collaborative-ish sites. In Omeka’s tag-line, “Your online exhibit is one click away,” the word “exhibit” is exactly the pull — Omeka...
Final Project Brainstorming
Feb. 25, 2012—As I begin brainstorming for my final project, I’m thinking about the three hands-on tools we’ve practiced so far: ArcGIS, TEI, and Omeka. One of the conditions of our final project is to use at least two tools, and the first thing that comes to mind for me is to create several maps on ArcGIS...
TEI and the Learning Process
Feb. 22, 2012—I found my reading on TEI very interesting. As I’ve said on this blog before, my prior knowledge of web-based sources did not include anything pertaining to their creative machinery. Therefore, it was fascinating, and also very comforting, to see that one of the fundamental goals when creating the guidelines for TEI was that of...
Even More on Inclusivity
Feb. 22, 2012—While learning about TEI and Omeka this week, I have been thinking, still, about how to make DH inclusive to others. This week my reading was full of technical terms that had me repeating”Huh?” rather often. How can we make technical discussions, like the one we will have about TEI, accessible to others who doubt...
Preserving Personal Projects
Feb. 20, 2012—In thinking about Dr. Earhart’s talk last week, I have been pondering the issue of preservation. I put some thoughts up on my blog at HASTAC and thought it might be good to cross-post here (especially since I haven’t said much lately). As I embark on a personal project, I am wondering what is the...
Digital Humanities: what about making things simple?!
Feb. 19, 2012—Second post in 6 weeks. This is far from what could be called a “proper” Digital Humanist… And yet, blogging is not the only thing that can define a Digital Humanist (cf. my post on Diigo). I have had much thinking about my presence online but also about what it takes to do D.H. Our discussion in class...
More on Inclusive Discourse in DH
Feb. 15, 2012—While reading Rosenzweig and Fitzpatrick’s chapters this week, I was still pondering last week’s question: how can we make our discourse about DH more inclusive? Reading with this topic in mind, I thought of various possibilities to make DH more inclusive, two of which I will discuss here. 1. Fitzpatrick discussed briefly that digital or...
Replacement or supplement?
Feb. 15, 2012—Did anyone else get the vibe that Rosenzweig is pushing the Internet as a replacement for more “traditional” methods of accessing and collecting research (at least in the domain of History)? That archives and non-digital sources are only really valuable once they’ve been digitized? I’ve pulled out the following citations with our DH as replacement...
Good to know: Preserving data
Feb. 15, 2012—One of my recurring concerns ( I try to ignore it, but it keeps coming back!) has to do with the difference in knowledge base between creators and users of digital “stuff”. By that I mean, the people who create the devices/contexts/interfaces we use, make up only a very small, select few. The users, however,...
“Preservation”
Feb. 12, 2012—I have been feeling this way ever since this course started — but now especially, after reading Fitzpatrick’s chapter on Preservation — I know absolutely nothing about how the internet works. A month ago, I happily typed in www-dot, or http-colon, etc., without even thinking, noticing or appreciating that the combination of characters I was...