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.

Aug

Notes on Blog Design Part II, or A Word About Cutline

Reading over my last post, it occurs to me that I should acknowledge a controversy swirling around the edges of

03 Aug 2007

2 min read

Aug

Notes on Blog Design, or Why I Changed

Those few of you who visit the Found History site directly (as opposed to reading posts with a feed reader)

03 Aug 2007

3 min read

Jul

Bowie's in Space

One last music post before I return to Found History's bread and butter. If you haven't

27 Jul 2007

1 min read

Jul

U2's Kite

I'll stick with music for one more post. "Kite" is one of my favorite of U2&

25 Jul 2007

4 min read

Jul

Synchronicity

So the picture is horrible, but the show was great. Friday night I was fortunate enough to catch The Police

23 Jul 2007

1 min read

Jul

Xtimeline

Xtimeline is a new addition to the growing field of personal timeline builders. Simile Timeline, MIT's open source

06 Jul 2007

Jul

Searching History

This week Yahoo! Buzz provides a telling glimpse into the popular historical mind with a list of last Sunday'

05 Jul 2007

1 min read

Jun

From the Belly of the Beast

This one comes from Jeremy. Found history, indeed. "19th Century bomb found in whale" via BBC News

18 Jun 2007

Jun

Podcast Roundup

I haven't mentioned our Digital Campus podcast since Episode 2 in March, but Mills, Dan and I are

14 Jun 2007

1 min read

Jun

Change Over Time

This is kind of creepy—it reminds me of Michael Jackson's 1991 Black or White video, which is

08 Jun 2007