Tom Scheinfeldt

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.
20
Feb

Black, White, and Red

Steering partners and clients toward simpler web designs is one of the greatest services we can render. In consultations and
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13
Feb

The Hacker Way

On December 21, 2012, Blake Ross—the boy genius behind Firefox and currently Facebook's Director of Product—posted
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29
Jan

Take me to your leader: The importance of knowing who's in charge

You've probably been there. A new job, a new project team, a new client. A great first meeting.
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23
Mar

Ancient Religion, Modern Technology: Takeaways

[Last month, I posted notes from my keynote at Brown University's Ancient Religion, Modern Technology workshop. I was
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22
Feb

Nobody cares about the library: How digital technology makes the library invisible (and visible) to scholars

There is a scene from the first season of the television spy drama, Chuck, that takes place in a library.
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15
Feb

Game Change: Digital Technology and Performative Humanities

"Game changing" is a term we hear a lot in digital humanities. I have used it myself. But
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28
Oct

Connecticut Forum on Digital Initiatives

Today, I'll be speaking at the Connecticut Forum on Digital Initiatives at the Connecticut State Library under the
18
Aug

Post-Doc at CHNM (North)

Many Found History readers will know that I have recently moved full-time to Connecticut, working remotely and traveling to Fairfax
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22
Jun

PressForward

We have been threatening to do it for years. Frustrated with the inadequacies of traditional modes of scholarly publishing for
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20
Jun

Summer Blockbusters: Sci-fi and Alternate History

It seems the past has replaced the future as Hollywood's preferred setting for summer's science fiction