Monthly Archives: October 2010
Innovative Models For Humanities Scholarship
Before I begin my blog discussing Moretti’s book, I wanted to share a post from “Blogging Pompeii,” one of the three blogs I subscribed to at the beginning of the semester, and a blog which I use in my ARTH … Continue reading
The Balancing Act of Scholarship
The article by Patrick Leary, “Googling the Victorians,” discusses two serious issues regarding the internet and humanities scholarship: the growing concern that scholars will not access print and manuscript sources for their research, and the limitations of the internet. There is no question that the vast amount … Continue reading
Social tagging…aka Folksonomy
After perusing the Steve Museum Social Tagging Project and trying out different word searches, I decided to research the notion of social tagging. In my search, the term “folksonomy” (hopefully I spelled this correctly) kept appearing. I came across this 2005 article … Continue reading
Project Home Page
After playing with a number of sketches, and looking at more websites than I can recall, I have created three mock ups or wireframes for my home page. I am a minimalist at heart, so I am aiming for a clear and conside … Continue reading
Wiki Pros and Cons
Roy Rosenzweig’s “Can History be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past” challenged me to reflect on my own biased opinions of the website. I was not aware of the complicated history behind the development and evolution of Wikipedia; … Continue reading
