Where's the credit? Attribution in digital humanities slides
June 21st 2011I've been at Digital Humanities 2011 since Sunday, and it's been as delightful and inspiring as always. This is the first time I've actively followed the tweet stream at a DH conference while I've been there in person... read more
Collaborations between R1's and liberal arts colleges will not succeed
June 12th 2011In the week since the joint session between THATCamp LAC participants and the people at THATCamp Prime, I've found myself reflecting on that conversation a number of times. As I said then (in person, ... read more
What can you do with Project Bamboo? A 3-year history of ideas
May 19th 2011This week marked the 3-year anniversary of Project Bamboo Workshop 1b in Chicago, which kicked off my involvement with the project that would be the defining project for the next year and a half of my life... read more
Assorted April updates
April 24th 2011It's been a busy month, albeit without one particular thing that would merit its own post. So, in summary... Digital humanities white paper NITLE published a white paper I co-authored with Rebecca Davis... read more
Drupal: now moving to its own section
March 28th 2011I've come to the realization that Drupal site breakdowns, tutorials, pedagogical materials, and musings are evolving into their own project, and will consume the blog if I don't move them elsewhere. So... read more
Drupal jargon explained!
March 26th 2011Note: this post has been moved to the new Drupal-specific section of the site. Read the full post here. Drupal has a reputation for having a steep learning curve, but I remain convinced that it's largely overstated... read more
Building a virtual research environment (VRE) in Drupal (in under 5 hours)
March 8th 2011Note: this post has been moved to the new Drupal-specific section of the site. Read the full post here. I recently sat down with a fresh Drupal install, and by the time the winter sun was setting, I'd made a lightweight custom virtual research environment (VRE) for a collaborative project... read more
Frogr: the Flickr uploader for Ubuntu I've been waiting for
February 24th 2011Last summer, I tried to survey the landscape of software available for uploading photos to Flickr on Ubuntu. My conclusion at that time was that there were no good options that met my needs-- which I felt were fairly modest... read more
I.E.: the International Baccalaureate zine
February 18th 2011When packing up my apartment, I stumbled across all the issues of I.E. (which stood for, among other things, "Insolence is Excellence") I ever owned. A zine published by the International Baccalaureate students at Henry Foss High School from time immemorial... read more
FRBR, Lojban, and culling my book collection
February 15th 2011As a prerequisite for moving this spring (due to impending renovations by the new owners of our apartment building), my husband and I have been culling our book collection. The process of getting rid of books has... read more