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John Garrigus wrote a new post, Please take the brief survey, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

Thanks for coming to THATcamp Texas 2012! Please take a few minutes to fill out the brief evaluation form — it will help us and future THATcampers!

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Session Proposals on a Google Doc, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

Here is my version of the session proposals plus some other ideas all on a Google Doc that anyone can edit.

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Dork Shorts @ 1:30! Sign up now, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

“Dork shorts” are a THATcamp tradition in which participants deliver a 3-minute talk about a project, a web-site, or some other work you’d like others to know about or even join. Think of it as an “elevator […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Proposed Saturday Session: Intro-level GIS and the Humanities, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

Please click on the log-in button and post your own ideas for Saturday sessions. We have a program of
Workshops for Friday, but Saturday is wide open. That’s the way THATCamps work!
I would like to propose a […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, How to propose a session, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

How do I propose a session?
Once you register for THATCamp Texas and are approved, we’ll make you a user account on this site. You should receive your login information by email. Before the THATCamp, you should […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Parking at UTA, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

Here’s a campus parking map [PDF] for THATCampers! On Friday attendees must park in lots 49, 50 and 52 and on Saturday we can park in lots F10 and 47, which are closer to the Central Library. Parking map for […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Workshop preview: sign-up coming!, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

We’re setting up the 11 following workshops for our Friday session! We be back with sign-up details once we’ve finalized the schedule and rooms:

intro to GIS for humanities folks
Zotero, open source […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Workshop ideas for Friday, March 9, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

Hi! The organizing committee has been working on possible tech workshops for our optional Friday session. We’d love to get some feedback from those who have registered — and to hear your ideas! Please leave […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, Registration forms are ready to use!, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

We’ve got our registration set up with some help from THATCamp Central. Go ahead and sign up — we’re accepting the first 125 applicants. Once you’re registered you can propose sessions. We hope to have some […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, We have a date!, on the site THATCamp Texas 2012 right now

THATCamp Texas 2012 will be held on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington on Saturday, March 10 with a BootCamp on Friday March 9. Watch this space for more information, including registration […]

John Garrigus wrote a new post, GIS and the most profitable slave colony in the 18th century Caribbean, on the site THATCamp Texas 2011 right now

I have two related projects — here’s the first one.

I want to propose a help-a-thon for a project I’m calling Virtual Saint-Domingue. Saint-Domingue was the French colony that became Haiti in 1804 after […]