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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Briefly Noted for March 14, 2008

Finally! From our talented Polish colleagues at Historia i Media comes Feeds, a much needed new resource that uses Google

14 Mar 2008

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Sunset for Ideology, Sunrise for Methodology?

Sometimes friends in other disciplines ask me the question, "So, what are the big ideas in history these days?

13 Mar 2008

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Digital Humanities Start-up Awards Announced

The National Endowment for the Humanities just announced the winners of its latest round of Digital Humanities Start-up Grants. For

11 Mar 2008

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Briefly Noted for March 11, 2008

How to make a Leyden jar out of a two-liter Coke bottle, from MAKE Magazine. Top Ten Moments in Sitcom

11 Mar 2008

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A Few Small Repairs

Regular readers of Found History may have noticed that I removed the old tag line "unintentional, unconventional, and amateur

10 Mar 2008

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How to Run Your Startup Digital Humanities Shop

Jason Calacanis got some heat yesterday for his list of 17 tips for running a startup. Some of his suggestions

08 Mar 2008

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History and the Long Tail

In an interview on the most recent Digital Campus, PublicDomainReprints.org founder Yakov Shafranovich notes that one of the most

07 Mar 2008

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THATCamp Deadline Approaching

Just a quick reminder to Found History readers that the THATCamp deadline is quickly approaching and space is getting tight.

05 Mar 2008

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Federal Funding for the Humanities

Yesterday I spoke at the 2008 conference of the National Humanities Alliance on a panel entitled "Federal Support for

04 Mar 2008

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Twitter as a tool for outreach

In an earlier post I wrote about the early buzz around Omeka, both in the forums and among education, museum,

02 Mar 2008

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