Tom Scheinfeldt

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.

Computer History Timelines

We have seen before how timelines are a particularly attractive mode of historical production among non-professionals, perhaps especially among those interested in computer history.  Here's another example.  French programmer Eric Levenez

What is a Museum?

This one comes from Found History reader Tim, who wanted to hear my thoughts on NPR's recent story about the Museum of Online Museums (MOOM), a directory of online collections.  Aside

Wordpress Ho!

I finally took the plunge and switched from MovableType to Wordpress.  So far, I'm very happy.  I had a few hiccups with with the .htaccess file, I had to manually carry

9/11 Imagined

Unsurprisingly, the anniversary just passed has prompted widespread historical reflection among the popular media.  More surprising is the fact that much of this thinking has taken the form of virtual, or alternative, or

Fame! (I'm Gonna Live Forever) - kevo.com

If you get a chance, check out kevo.com, a new social networking site where users collaboratively profile their favorite celebrities, who are then ranked according to "fame" based on the