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.

Museums in the Metaverse

03 Oct 2006 1 min read Museums

Late last week Richard Urban of Musematic announced the inaugural meeting of the "Museums in Second Life" group. In case you haven't heard of Second Life, it is 3-D

History is ... everywhere

30 Sep 2006

Jeremy over at ClioWeb has taken a tip from the "Design is ..." wallpaper pool at Flickr and started a "History is ..." pool for all us digital history geeks. I

Historical Marker Mashup

27 Sep 2006 2 min read Digital Humanities

Many of you know that over the past year or so CHNM has been trying to secure funding for History Here, a project designed to provide improved access to Virginia's roadside

Apple History Roundup

25 Sep 2006 1 min read Collecting

Like many enthusiast communities, the legion of Mac users seems particularly interested in its history and in the history of its cause: the Apple computer. This takes the form of both casual interest

CoverPop

22 Sep 2006 1 min read Visualizations

If you ever have eight or ten hours to kill, check out CoverPop.com, a new mashup site and a goldmine of found history. According to the site's operators, Each coverpop