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.

A Million Little Pieces

This is a little (lot) late in coming, but I want to say something about this past winter's Oprah-James Frey controversy.  For those of you who don't remember, the

Lost ... and found

Yikes.  I can't believe it's been more than two months since my last post.  I clearly haven't mastered this blogging thing.  I'm working on a

MemoryWiki and The Remembering Site

I just had an interesting meeting with Marshall Poe, historian, author, and founder of MemoryWiki, a MediaWiki-powered site that allows visitors to store personal memories.  Last week, I had lunch with Sarah McCue,

Storm Stories

Just like VH1 and MTV, The Weather Channel has padded its schedule with history.  Filling the gaps between this week's flood, last week's blizzard, and the tornado two weeks