Alternate uses for a Slavic degree: dummy content generator
July 10th 2012As I've announced elsewhere [http://drupal.forhumanists.org/blog/2012/07/11/drupal-humanists-now-website], Drupal for Humanists is launching today on its own domain. I wanted to make sure that there was at least one case study available before launch... read more
Drupal book progress (or lack thereof)
June 26th 2012Writing a book is hard. [http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/7422686278_3afba45850_n.jpg]http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/7422686278/It's been about six months since Elijah Meeks and I kicked off our plan to write a book on Drupal for an audience of humanists... read more
Scav hunt or Art? (a guessing game)
May 7th 2012When spring comes to the University of Chicago campus, there are two annual events that inject a certain whimsical randomness into my work week: Scav Hunt [http://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/] and FOTA (Festival of the Arts) [http://fota.uchicago.edu/]... read more
Please don't ask me for permission
February 10th 2012Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike [http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5028/5582659213_8c8e8aa8a3_m.jpg]http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/5582659213/A few weeks ago I stumbled upon a blog post by Nina Paley [http://ninapaley.com]... read more
Drupal for Humanists
January 26th 2012One question I continue to hear from digital humanists and higher ed IT folks is "what book should I pick up to learn Drupal?" I never have a particularly good answer-- not because there aren't any good books out there (I assume there are)... read more
Where's the credit? Attribution in digital humanities slides
June 21st 2011I've been at Digital Humanities 2011 [https://dh2011.stanford.edu/] 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 [http://lac2011.thatcamp.org/06/04/joint-session-thatcamps-lac-and-prime/] between THATCamp LAC participants and the people at THATCamp Prime, I've found myself reflecting on that conversation a number of times... read more
What can you do with Project Bamboo? A 3-year history of ideas
May 19th 2011Workshop 1b [http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2027/2509910690_5205179948_m.jpg]http://www.flickr.com/photos/projectbamboo/2509910690/This week marked the 3-year anniversary of Project Bamboo [http://www.projectbamboo.org] Workshop 1b in Chicago... 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