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04
May

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
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30
Apr

"The Worst Natural Disaster in American History"

This morning on Fox News Sunday, the President's new Chief of Staff, Josh Bolton said something in passing
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26
Apr

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
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24
Apr

Google, Miro, and Commemoration

I'm sure many of you noticed the recent controversy over Google's use of Spanish surrealist Joan
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21
Apr

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away ...

The topic of this spring's Washington DC Area Technology and Humanities Forum was just announced on CHNM News,
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20
Apr

A Million Little Pieces

This is a little (lot) late in coming, but I want to say something about this past winter's
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16
Apr

Finding History in the September 11 Digital Archive

Because it follows from some talks I've given in the past, this may be cheating on my resolution
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14
Apr

Lost ... and found

Yikes.  I can't believe it's been more than two months since my last post.  I clearly
24
Jan

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
08
Jan

Storm Stories

Just like VH1 and MTV, The Weather Channel has padded its schedule with history.  Filling the gaps between this week&