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.
27
May

New Wine in Old Skins: Why the CV needs hacking

Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine
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26
May
Why Digital Humanities is “Nice”

Why Digital Humanities is “Nice”

One of the things that people often notice when they enter the field of digital humanities is how nice everybody
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24
May
THATCamp Groundrules

THATCamp Groundrules

After giving my "groundrules" speech for a third THATCamp on Saturday, I realized I hadn't published
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21
May

One Week, One Book: Hacking the Academy

Dan Cohen and I have been brewing a proposal for an edited book entitled Hacking the Academy. Let's
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13
May

Briefly Noted for May 13, 2010

Yet more evidence big associations have lost the plot: watch nine sessions of AAM online for only ... $300?!? — The American
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12
May
Where's the Beef? Does Digital Humanities Have to Answer Questions?

Where's the Beef? Does Digital Humanities Have to Answer Questions?

The criticism most frequently leveled at digital humanities is what I like to call the “Where’s the beef?” question,
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06
May

Briefly Noted for May 6, 2010

Two Reviews of NARA Civil War Exhibit — Last week The Washington Post and The New York Times each reviewed the
29
Apr

Briefly Noted for April 29, 2010

IMLS UpNext Wrapping Up with Discussions about the Workforce and What's Next — The IMLS UpNext project has entered
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28
Apr

Briefly Noted for April 28, 2010

On "Uninvited Guests" — As I tweeted when it was first posted, Bethany Nowviskie’s “uninvited guests: regarding twitter
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27
Apr

Briefly Noted for April 27, 2010

Be Your Own Privacy Settings — Recent missteps at Facebook and Google Buzz have put privacy on the front burner of
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