Tom Scheinfeldt

Tom Scheinfeldt

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

Why Digital Humanities is “Nice”

One of the things that people often notice when they enter the field of digital humanities is how nice everybody is. This can be in stark contrast to other (unnamed) disciplines where suspicion,

THATCamp Groundrules

After giving my "groundrules" speech for a third THATCamp on Saturday, I realized I hadn't published it anywhere for broader dissemination and possible reuse by the THATCamp community. So

Briefly Noted for May 13, 2010

Yet more evidence big associations have lost the plot: watch nine sessions of AAM online for only ... $300?!? — The American Association of Museums (AAM) has announced that it will host its first “virtual