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Apr
Innovation as Habit: Practicing looking forward in a backward-looking business

Innovation as Habit: Practicing looking forward in a backward-looking business

The following are lightly edited speaker notes for a talk I first delivered in October 2024 at the Greater Hudson
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23
Mar

Teaching and Learning with Primary Sources in the age of Generative AI

The following is a (more or less verbatim) transcript of a keynote address I gave earlier today to the Dartmouth
15 min read
09
Jun

The Pseudoiterative Academic

With the semester having just ended, many of us are settling into new summertime routines and hoping those routines supports
2 min read
07
Apr
The Dividends of Difference: Recognizing Digital Humanities' Diverse Family Tree/s

The Dividends of Difference: Recognizing Digital Humanities' Diverse Family Tree/s

In her excellent statement of digital humanities values, Lisa Spiro identifies "collegiality and connectedness" and "diversity"
5 min read
02
Dec
Stuff Digital Humanists Like: Defining Digital Humanities by its Values

Stuff Digital Humanists Like: Defining Digital Humanities by its Values

[A very rough transcript of my talk at the CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative on December 1, 2010. The DHI'
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01
Sep

Omeka and Its Peers

As an open source, not-for-profit, warm-and-fuzzy, community service oriented project, we don't normally like to talk about market
3 min read
03
Aug

Lessons from One Week | One Tool – Part 3, Serendipity

Over the past few months, several people—including several participants themselves—have asked me how we chose the One Week
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02
Aug

Lessons from One Week | One Tool – Part 2, Use

For all the emphasis on the tool itself, the primary aim of One Week | One Tool is not tool building,
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28
Jul

Lessons from One Week | One Tool – Part 1, Project Management

Three days into One Week | One Tool, I’m beginning to see that one of the nice things about running
2 min read
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
4 min read