Briefly Noted for September 9, 2025
This week in my DMD 2010: History of Digital Culture class, I've been teaching the history and theory of digital information. To illustrate the concept, I like to use the ubiquitous
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Briefly noted for November 29, 2022
Check out these amazing WPA-style posters created by the Department of Energy to mark the infrastructure achievements made possible under the 2009 stimulus bill. I hope this time around, the government doesn’t
When UConn broke up with Adobe: A parable of artists and copyright
One of the things I try very hard to do in my DMD 2010 “History of Digital Culture” class is to teach students that their technology choices are not inevitable nor even determined
Game Change: Digital Technology and Performative Humanities
"Game changing" is a term we hear a lot in digital humanities. I have used it myself. But try, as I was asked to do for a recent talk at Brown
Briefly Noted: Creative Commons Choices; Radical Transparency; Presidential Sex
Creative Commons has released a statistical analysis of the licensing choices of Flickr users. My summary: most people are happy to provide open access, but they don't want you messing with