Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
I'm extremely uneasy about startups like Uber and Airbnb whose business models are grounded in sidestepping regulations that were originally intended as consumer- and labor-protection measures. People—both the service providers
A rough transcript of my talk at the 2013 ACRL/NY Symposium last week. The symposium's theme was "The Library as Knowledge Laboratory." Many thanks to Anice Mills and
About six months ago, I was asked by the executive director of a prestigious but somewhat hidebound—I guess "venerable" would be the word—cultural heritage institution to join the next
Steering partners and clients toward simpler web designs is one of the greatest services we can render. In consultations and collaborative projects, I often find myself advocating for less, less, less. This is
On December 21, 2012, Blake Ross—the boy genius behind Firefox and currently Facebook's Director of Product—posted this to his Facebook page:
Some friends and I built this new iPhone
