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.

Briefly Noted for November 14, 2009

14 Nov 2009 1 min read Briefly Noted

Cloud Computing in Plain English — In September, I pointed to a definition of cloud computing developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which, though thorough, was also thoroughly unreadable. Now Common

Briefly Noted for November 13, 2009

13 Nov 2009 Briefly Noted

Book Lending at Twitter Speed: Thoughts from Josh Greenberg — Based in part on ideas raised during his appearance on the latest episode of Digital Campus, Josh Greenberg (@epistemographer) speculates on the future of

Briefly Noted for November 11, 2009

11 Nov 2009 Briefly Noted

The Story Behind NYPL's New Logo — The New York Times City Room blog sheds some light on how cultural heritage institutions are thinking about branding in the digital age with a

Briefly Noted for November 10, 2009

10 Nov 2009 1 min read Briefly Noted

Google Programming Language: "Go" — Not sure if this is new or I just missed it somehow, but Google has released an open source systems programming language called “Go.” Noting that languages

Briefly Noted for November 2, 2009

02 Nov 2009 2 min read Briefly Noted

Amazon Editors' Picks for 2009 — Amazon.com has released its editors’ picks for the 100 best books of 2009. The “nearly unanimous choice” for the best book of the year is Let