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.

A Look Back at Braddock

12 Feb 2008 Digital Humanities

Another episode of the History Conversations podcast has dropped. This time, the volunteer historians of the Look Back at Braddock project join me for a conversation about the challenges and opportunities posed by

THAT Podcast

25 Jan 2008 1 min read Blogs

I just finished watching the inaugural episode of THAT Podcast ("The Humanities and Technology Podcast"), the new video podcast from CHNM creative lead, Jeremy Boggs and CHNM web developer, Dave Lester.

Forty Signs of Rain

20 Jan 2008 2 min read Digital Humanities

This post may be even shorter than usual. I'm writing from Breckenridge, CO where I'm enjoying a couple (very cold) days of skiing. (The conditions are epic in case

What Camp? THATCamp.

15 Jan 2008 2 min read Digital Humanities

I'm very excited to announce our latest initiative at CHNM: THATCamp. Short for “The Humanities and Technology Camp”, THATCamp is a BarCamp-style, user-generated “unconference” on digital humanities. THATCamp is organized and

WTF

15 Jan 2008 1 min read Blogs

Mark Fortner, an open source web developer who blogs at IdeaFactory, has stumbled upon a potentially useful new analytical construct for historians. In a post entitled "WTF Moments in Java History"