Briefly Noted for November 10, 2009
Google Programming Language: "Go" — Not sure if this is new or I just missed it somehow, but Google
Briefly Noted for November 2, 2009
Amazon Editors' Picks for 2009 — Amazon.com has released its editors’ picks for the 100 best books of 2009.
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
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
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
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
An Unexpected Honor
Yesterday I received a letter from Google addressed to Robert T. Gunther at Found History. As founder of the Museum
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
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,
Briefly Noted for October 15, 2009
Dan Brown Gets Smithsonian History Right and Wrong in "The Lost Symbol" — Smithsonian Magazine’s Around the Mall