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chad black wrote a new post, little bit'a coding, little bit'a conversation, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2012

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:35:14 +0000

This last year, I moved all my course sites to static sites generated with hyde, a python site generator inspired by ruby’s jekyll. Together with Twitter’s bootstrap framework, one can make a pretty attractive and […]

chad black wrote a new post, ethics, power, advocacy, technique, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2011

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:18:57 +0000

In reading the session proposals over the past week, and following the twitter/blog/conference conversations of the past year, it strikes me at the extent to which DH finds itself simultaneously outside and inside […]

chad black commented on the post, Project "Develop Self-Paced Open Access DH Curriculum for Mid-Career Scholars Otherwise Untrained", on the site THATCamp CHNM 2010

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:59:31 +0000

Love this idea. Mostly because I’d love the retraining, or training as the case may be.

chad black commented on the post, All Courseware Sucks, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2010

Wed, 19 May 2010 21:23:36 +0000

I like this idea as well. I’m generally using Wordpress to run my classes, and like Zach, I pick/design the things I want to use and so I like it. I share everyone’s hatred of Blackboard, but the answers I get […]

chad black wrote a new post, From Scratch, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2010

Mon, 17 May 2010 17:48:44 +0000

What fundamental decisions need to be made at the beginning of a new project or book for historians working with traditional archival resources, but with an eye to digital dissemination? There is an ongoing […]

chad black commented on the post, Who Wants To Be A Hacker?, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2010

Sat, 15 May 2010 16:52:20 +0000

I’d be totally interested in this as well. I’ve wanted to learn to code something, anything for a while, but I keep finding myself in Amanda’s unassailable camp. I think it’s more a limitation of DIY, than a […]