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.

Digital Humanities at NCPH

The digital humanities are well represented this week at the National Council for Public History annual meeting in Portland, Oregon. By my count, fully nine of the approximately ninety sessions, workshops, working groups,

Briefly Noted for March 4, 2010

Facebook, Google, Apple: Patents Gone Wild — The last ten days or so have seen a flurry of suspect behavior by large technology companies, their intellectual property lawyers, and the United States Patent Office.

Briefly Noted for March 2, 2010

YouTube dropping IE6 support — At more than a week old, I suppose this doesn't qualify as breaking news, but it's still big news. According to Ars Technica, YouTube will

Briefly Noted for February 8, 2010

How on earth did I miss this? IMLS Discussion Guide to the Future of Museums and Libraries — It’s hard to believe I missed this, considering it features Omeka as a case study,

Rosenzweig Forum Returns

The Rosenzweig Forum for Digital Humanities returns this month with a program entitled "Negotiating the Cultural Turn(s): Subjectivity, Sustainability, and Authority in the Digital Humanities." On Wednesday, February 17, 2010