Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom Scheinfeldt

Connecticut
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
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Oct

Briefly Noted for October 29, 2009

Prep School Library Drops Books in Favor of Kindles — Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Massachusetts (not far from where I grew
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27
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 27, 2009

Big Copyright's History of Anti-Innovation — Ars Technica has an interesting account of the movie studios, music companies, and
25
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 25, 2009

The Material Culture of Mad Men — Via Steve Lubar, an intriguing interview with the prop master of Mad Men, a
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23
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 23, 2009

Open Access to AHA Directory Until End of October — The American Historical Association’s (AHA) Directory of History Departments and
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23
Oct

An Unexpected Honor

Yesterday I received a letter from Google addressed to Robert T. Gunther at Found History. As founder of the Museum
16
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 16, 2009

The Great Museum WC — Maybe not the most important room in the museum, but among the most essential: Okay, you
16
Oct

3 Innovation Killers in Digital Humanities

Here's a list of three questions one might overhear in a peer review panel for digital humanities funding,
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15
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 15, 2009

Dan Brown Gets Smithsonian History Right and Wrong in "The Lost Symbol" — Smithsonian Magazine’s Around the Mall
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14
Oct

Briefly Noted for October 14, 2009

BBC and Neil Gaiman Launch Collaborative Storytelling Experiment on Twitter — This week the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) teamed up with
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Oct

Briefly Noted for October 12, 2009

ArchivesNext on Modes of Social Media Interaction — Kate Theimer at ArchivesNext has an excellent post detailing four approaches archives and
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