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.

Makings of a Classic

An interview with Phaidon editor Emilia Terragni about his new three-volume Phaidon Design Classics turned up Tuesday on digg.  Accompanying the interview is a slideshow of twelve Designs That Never Get Old, consumer

Web History from the Grassroots

While professional historians are just gearing up to write the history of the web, developers and other web industry people are already busy at work.  These people seem especially aware of their history

Google, Miro, and Commemoration

I'm sure many of you noticed the recent controversy over Google's use of Spanish surrealist Joan Miro's work in a logo commemorating the 113th anniversary of the