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 […]

It would be really interesting if this became a guide or resource for digital humanities hacks, especially since Bill Turkel retired his blog.

Sorry for the fragmented comments. It was the only way I could get around the spam filters.

For some of the latest discussion of open-source alternatives for union catalogs, check out the following […]

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.

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 […]

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. […]

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

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]