http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/ Rob MacDougall Dot Org Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-22382 Cycling through history in virtual interactive reality | Douglas McGlynn – a wee fireside chat Wed, 18 Jan 2012 06:05:08 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-22382 [...] In order to keep my promise to myself by keeping up with all of my assignments while juggling my time with my family and attempting to be somewhat sociable while trying not to be exhausted, I begin my new series of blogs for digital history and interactive design. For a far better understanding of what this course is about, Bill Turkel’s blog on designing interactive exhibits and his award-winning blogs on ‘History Appliances‘ make inspiring reading for the new digital historian or aspiring public historian or computer programmer. Rob MacDougall also provides an interesting and witty alternative to what could go wrong with this technology with history and appliances! [...] [...] In order to keep my promise to myself by keeping up with all of my assignments while juggling my time with my family and attempting to be somewhat sociable while trying not to be exhausted, I begin my new series of blogs for digital history and interactive design. For a far better understanding of what this course is about, Bill Turkel’s blog on designing interactive exhibits and his award-winning blogs on ‘History Appliances‘ make inspiring reading for the new digital historian or aspiring public historian or computer programmer. Rob MacDougall also provides an interesting and witty alternative to what could go wrong with this technology with history and appliances! [...]

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-486 Nathalie Presillas Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:11:25 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-486 This is an interesting article. History within the palm of your hands is an idea that promises a lot of things. However, I believe that the subjective nature of history could put a halt into all of this since it will cause further complexity. This is an interesting article. History within the palm of your hands is an idea that promises a lot of things. However, I believe that the subjective nature of history could put a halt into all of this since it will cause further complexity.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-485 Digital History Hacks » Blog Archive » History Appliances: The Soundscape Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:17:30 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-485 [...] version of the idea and Rob MacDougall’s more pessimistic (and probably more realistic) version. For people who want to get started building their own history appliances, I discussed some of the [...] [...] version of the idea and Rob MacDougall’s more pessimistic (and probably more realistic) version. For people who want to get started building their own history appliances, I discussed some of the [...]

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-484 ClioWeb » Archive » History Carnival 52 Tue, 01 May 2007 20:50:58 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-484 [...] MacDougall tackles the concept of history appliances in “History and Appliances: I Love the Gilded Age” and “History and Appliances: The Case for Luddism”. The last one is a response to [...] [...] MacDougall tackles the concept of history appliances in “History and Appliances: I Love the Gilded Age” and “History and Appliances: The Case for Luddism”. The last one is a response to [...]

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-483 Old is the New New :: History and Appliances: Followup Tue, 01 May 2007 14:01:41 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-483 [...] few odds and ends related to my recent “History and Appliances” [...] [...] few odds and ends related to my recent “History and Appliances” [...]

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-482 Rob Tue, 01 May 2007 02:01:16 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-482 Thanks, S. Ben! Glad somebody caught that. Thanks, S. Ben! Glad somebody caught that.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-481 S. Ben Melhuish Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:35:54 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-481 "ABC News is reporting..." -- nice touch. “ABC News is reporting…” — nice touch.

]]> http://www.robmacdougall.org/blog/2007/04/history-and-appliances-1/#comment-480 Old is the New New :: History and Appliances: The Case for Luddism Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:31:46 +0000 http://www.robmacdougall.org/index.php/2007/04/history-appliances-i-love-the-gilded-age/#comment-480 [...] What was the point of the dystopic little reverie in my last post? Do I hate the idea of history appliances? Do I hate technology? Am I a [...] [...] What was the point of the dystopic little reverie in my last post? Do I hate the idea of history appliances? Do I hate technology? Am I a [...]

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