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Entries Tagged as 'Digital History'

Hacking as a Way of Knowing

June 11th, 2009 · Comments Off

…was a ton of fun, but man, making stuff in the real world is hard! We didn’t make a killer robot after all; we made a flower that only blooms in artificial light.

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Tags: Asides · Digital History · History Appliances · Robots

I Will Do My Best To Teach Them About Life And What It's Worth

April 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Off to Bill Turkel and Edward Jones-Imhotep’s “Hacking as a Way of Knowing” Workshop, May 1-3 2009.

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Tags: Digital History · History Appliances · Robots · Technology

Day In The Life

March 19th, 2009 · Comments Off

Suffering from Turkel withdrawal? Bill takes part in the Day of Digital History with a day in his awesome life.  I have a quick cameo, spoiling his lunch. (The orange shirt was an experiment, btw, and minutes after that photo I got a haircut.)

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Tags: Academia · Asides · Digital History · Teaching

Digital History Hacks

February 15th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Toasting the essential digital history blog.

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Tags: Academia · Blogging · Digital History · Favorites

Stock Market Skirt

November 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A party dress with a hemline that automatically rises and drops along with the stock market. My man Bill discusses.

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Tags: Asides · Digital History · History Appliances

All That Camp

June 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Write up and reflection on THATCamp 2008, an excellent “unconference” on digital technology and the humanities.

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Tags: Academia · Digital History · Favorites · History@Play · Teaching · Technology