THATCamp | sterling fluharty | Activity https://thatcamp.org/people/sterling-fluharty/activity/ Activity feed for sterling fluharty. Thu, 20 Feb 2020 22:23:31 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=5.1.2 en 30 hourly 2 08aca785072e4db2b695bacaded24d37-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Teaching Digital Archival and Publishing Skills, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/12/149/#comment-284 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:18:42 +0000 I wonder if scale and motivation are related as well. Do students have greater a desire to excel in these kinds of projects when they realize that they are part of a larger movement? Or will students respond […]

]]> 14682523b57617eed5f6d6e4d660701e-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Easy readers, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/easy-readers/#comment-271 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:28:12 +0000 It would be really interesting if this became a guide or resource for digital humanities hacks, especially since Bill Turkel retired his blog.

]]> d397667478bc7f90dcaa6da8f6bdde29-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-255 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:06:21 +0000 Sorry for the fragmented comments. It was the only way I could get around the spam filters.

]]> e329221a45602b8493df66dfdc9a4163-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-254 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:05:50 +0000 For some of the latest discussion of open-source alternatives for union catalogs, check out the following […]

]]> 0284cab2f1c0c2f3fdfa1e675a4cd9a9-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-253 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:05:31 +0000 I have also heard good things about this award-winning open-source software platform for archivists:

http://www.archiviststoolkit.org/

You might find it useful for data standardization and customized search.

]]> 99d8051393a15497361266c5a3e66895-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-252 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:05:16 +0000 If this kind of rich visualization was available for this costume project, students just might become more interested in tagging the virtual objects, which could help speed up (but not replace) the cataloging […]

]]> 8648464623a9498a9030f797640ec7e2-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-251 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:04:15 +0000 Now that a lot of smartphones are coming with digital compasses, GPS, and acceleratometers built in, we need to be giving more thought to exploring the application of augmented reality in the digital humanities. […]

]]> ca3f6fe4f9bbde80d729bdda1fd34e0e-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-250 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:48:45 +0000 Last comment disappeared. Here are links and brief comments:

3D visualization ideas for digital humanities (which are increasingly possible on […]

]]> f9cdd53045bdbc88f8bf3bbedb59fe37-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Collections of Material Culture, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/digital-collections-of-material-culture/#comment-249 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:43:46 +0000 Now that a lot of smartphones are coming with digital compasses, GPS, and acceleratometers built in, we need to be giving more thought to exploring the application of augmented reality in the digital humanities. […]

]]> 521c5688b2bc9786f7d69ef827829150-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, From History Student to Webmaster?, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/10/from-history-student-to-webmaster/#comment-206 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:06:49 +0000 Here is a link from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that will give you information on training, qualifications, and earnings, among other things, for various kinds of computer […]

]]> 1c4f18d86fe44a96ee231ad153f5da3b-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Zotero and Semantic Search, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/29/zotero-and-semantic-search/#comment-122 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:21:55 +0000 Thanks for the lengthy reply. I don’t hear traditional historians clammiring for software that can analyze text. So maybe the development of text mining is one area will digital history will have to pursue its […]

]]> a0c6728a14881e6aceede1a415b692d0-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital Humanities Manifesto Comments Blitz, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/08/digital-humanities-manifesto-comments-blitz/#comment-166 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:12:24 +0000 I too look forward to a session on the manifesto. Can we still count it as crowdsourcing if it is done in person? 😉 Seriously, though, it would be real fun to pick apart, criticize, debate, ratify, and shore […]

]]> 2d7147d3e61b9812ac99f3c6ac0c7d30-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Disciplinary Heresies and the Digital Humanities, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/03/disciplinary-heresies-and-the-digital-humanities/#comment-137 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:03:55 +0000 Your questions have perplexed even some of the best in digital history. Just check out the discussion in the Interchange that appeared in the Journal of American History. I agree with you that it would be […]

]]> 505d08e2c31daace3eb92bbc1472618f-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Disciplinary Heresies and the Digital Humanities, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/03/disciplinary-heresies-and-the-digital-humanities/#comment-134 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:59:57 +0000 Larry:

Is that what you say about Wikipedia articles also? 😉

Maybe we can just agree that as long as we work with or produce for the public, then what we do is bound to be relevant for them at some level.

I […]

]]> 49507be004e307d070dd1a1ac8ab5c58-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Disciplinary Heresies and the Digital Humanities, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/03/disciplinary-heresies-and-the-digital-humanities/#comment-132 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:01:05 +0000 Dr. Francis Jones of Stevens Institute of Technology:

I respect your right to share your opinions about me and to insult the field of digital humanities. I noticed that your comment seemed much more directed at […]

]]> 2706e820e8f1b93ec866ed8c0bf7db32-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital History Across the Curriculum, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/27/digital-history-across-the-curriculum/#comment-75 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:35:26 +0000 rnelson2: Great comments and questions. You are probably spot on about encouraging humanities students to take GIS courses offered by geography departments. In computer science I think the situation is […]

]]> c93ab83eb50d8cd5654369e4cfa163d5-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Managing Digital Research (Updated w/ Session Notes), on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/27/patchwork-prototyping-a-collections-dashboard/#comment-61 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:01:49 +0000 I agree that ontologies can be time consuming. Maybe what would work best is an experiment in crowdsourcing, where participants in a session have five to ten minutes to work out an ontology for the digital […]

]]> 6207de682308d17c098c4928cce584d3-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Disciplinary Heresies and the Digital Humanities, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/03/disciplinary-heresies-and-the-digital-humanities/#comment-130 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:48:19 +0000 I appreciate you adding a historical perspective to this discussion. You are absolutely right that the failed flirtation with quantitative methods, particularly the grandiose claims that never panned out, hang as […]

]]> 215a6b72a6dfe6c142e1e7715c8ee972-en sterling fluharty wrote a new post, Disciplinary Heresies and the Digital Humanities, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/06/03/disciplinary-heresies-and-the-digital-humanities/ Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:48:10 +0000 Cross-posted at Clio Machine:

(This post is a continuation of some of the questions I raised in my original THATCamp proposal.)

Are the humanities inherently valuable, both in terms of the skills they impart […]

]]> 77c201519582127efe20f54c0a26e2a7-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Elle, Edmonde Charles-Roux. The role of biographers, fashion and Coco Chanel, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/29/zotero-and-semantic-search/#comment-120 Sat, 30 May 2009 16:41:25 +0000 Rick: You are absolutely right that end users, almost without exception, do not have to pay for access to the metadata they download into their Zotero libraries. But let me suggest to you that there may be other […]

]]> 5193c1ee2124338e96105fb06cc82101-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Zotero and Semantic Search, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/29/zotero-and-semantic-search/#comment-116 Sat, 30 May 2009 00:30:32 +0000 Govind: Thanks for sharing a commercial application. I was thinking you might want to add craigslist into your apartment search results.

Rick: Good to hear from you. I think you are right: historians, including […]

]]> ec4e96ec55a551b0f6ba968314a85f35-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Zotero and Semantic Search, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/29/zotero-and-semantic-search/#comment-113 Fri, 29 May 2009 19:28:03 +0000 Bruce & patrickmj: Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I am still learning about URIs and Linked Data. I agree they offer some intriguing possibilities for the architecture of the semantic web. I think Zotero […]

]]> f81775c7a5701a23a644d0a6eb4d943a-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Context and connections, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/28/illuminating-context-and-connections/#comment-99 Fri, 29 May 2009 18:30:10 +0000 Eric: Did you see this?

http://chronicle.com/review/brainstorm/katz/government-and-scholarship

It sounds like the federal government is going to take over or coordinate the digitization of the papers of the […]

]]> 15d6f7b1c6e37e5accdd9bb7593964b7-en sterling fluharty wrote a new post, Zotero and Semantic Search, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/29/zotero-and-semantic-search/ Fri, 29 May 2009 08:26:37 +0000 Here is my original proposal for THATCamp, which I hoped would fit in with session ideas from the rest of you:

I would like to discuss theoretical issues in digital history in a way that is accessible and […]

]]> 80dc33f5f60a9230f4fb2759d9de729d-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Context and connections, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/28/illuminating-context-and-connections/#comment-95 Thu, 28 May 2009 19:15:08 +0000 I really like the directions in which you are thinking. I could say a lot but I will start with three questions: 1) have you tried to obtain the query logs for the Jefferson Papers search engine on the Library of […]

]]> 716b5f9ec400ee33430de2bf9121c6d9-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, The ill-formed question, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/25/the-ill-formed-question/#comment-29 Thu, 28 May 2009 18:58:24 +0000 It sounds intriuging. I think students often enjoy problem solving. But your approach could easily become a form of canned research that prevents students from making creative contributions. Students invariably […]

]]> 4f33551a5028e0f4f7060c0498aaf4ce-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Digital History Across the Curriculum, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/27/digital-history-across-the-curriculum/#comment-69 Thu, 28 May 2009 07:26:30 +0000 I like your skepticism about digital humanities courses. I am sympathetic to the argument that digital humanities should be infused into existing curriculum, rather than taught in isolation. I worry, though, […]

]]> fe8a1d35e04a9acb0cc1d17e52db6be9-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Patchwork Prototyping a Collections Dashboard, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/27/patchwork-prototyping-a-collections-dashboard/#comment-57 Thu, 28 May 2009 06:33:49 +0000 This sounds like a fascinating topic. We could have a pretty interesting discussion of how information gets encoded, represented, and recognized in finding aids for archival and manuscript collections. I think […]

]]> c6abe64eaee038d0817a4271dc02bb1b-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Cebula Proposal for THATCamp, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/26/cebula-proposal-for-thatcamp/#comment-42 Thu, 28 May 2009 06:05:56 +0000 Larry: It is good to be back to blogging on the same site again. I think you are right in wanting to update your digital archive and move it into the 21st century. One challenge will be in figuring out how much […]

]]> 78a82d0456188124820ba1b8efd6bcbd-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, The ill-formed question, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/25/the-ill-formed-question/#comment-27 Thu, 28 May 2009 04:35:31 +0000 This raises some questions for me. Has our profession romanticized the seminar? Do we privilege the ability to think quickly on our feet? Are we sure that learning is maximized for all students when the […]

]]> e38b9f28f144e91cd529e4945e3a3232-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, Dorn proposal for 2009 THATCamp, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/17/dorn-proposal-for-2009-thatcamp/#comment-17 Tue, 19 May 2009 23:23:24 +0000 I wonder if students have already started figuring this out. Have you ever noticed the video responses they send to each other on YouTube, often in friendly debates?

]]> 37e085ffcbb48701f42fae6c05c7eb83-en sterling fluharty commented on the post, And.. we're off!, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2009 http://chnm2009.thatcamp.org/05/15/and-were-off/#comment-9 Tue, 19 May 2009 00:39:25 +0000 I noticed that you provided some protection for your e-mail address in the following note:

“You can send us an email (info [AT] thatcamp [DOT] org).”

Maybe you could do something similar for our e-mail […]

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