Access issue: what window?
I’m currently reading the design and building oriented sections of Cohen and Rosenzweig’s Digital History, and remembered something I keep forgetting to mention. One of the issues which kept coming up...
View ArticleEveryday History
I’ve met a number of people for whom history is apparently something in the classroom or textbook, a dry (possibly dusty) academic subject. I don’t blame them for thinking these things, any more than I...
View ArticleWeek 13: Scholarly Communication and Open Access Open Source
When I started my Masters program at the University of Edinburgh, I had an idea – an ideal – of what Grad School would be like. I envisioned intellectual conversations about history, art, theatre,...
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How do we shuffle our cards?
Over the past few months I’ve had a quote, more of an idea really, rattling around in my head. The artist James C. Christensen wrote about how he thinks about creativity and new ideas using the...
View ArticleOld Haunts, New Views
This summer I’m working on a project which has to do with the history of the National Mall. It has been fun to learn more about a part of town with which I’m so familiar. Although I’m not a DC/Northern...
View ArticleOpen Source Cookies
(Alternate title: and now for something completely different) A common stress-relief activity among grad students is baking, apparently. I’m not much of a baker, but I do have one or two recipes I...
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I (might) need a New Camera
I have two digital cameras, both of which came into my possession six years ago. I have a handy little Canon PowerShot SD700, a little thing which I bought before leaving for Scotland because it was...
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Reunion
Last weekend I attended my 10th college reunion. In addition to seeing people I haven’t seen since our 5 year, enjoying the annual alumnae parade (headed by a woman from the class of 1934!), and...
View ArticleMore than 140 characters
I tweeted earlier tonight “The further I get in my PhD program, the riskier it feels to publish a blog post.” This is entirely true. When I was writing for class, I not only had readily provided topics...
View ArticleLegacies
I like to say that I am a second-generation digital humanist. My father, George H. Brett II, became interested in computers in the late 1970s, helped the University of North Carolina system evaluate...
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Reading Fiction in Grad School
During my first year in my PhD program, my mother bought me the first five books in a mystery series as a birthday gift. I was both pleased and frustrated. Pleased because it was a series I wanted to...
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Writing Warm Ups
One of the challenges of working on a PhD while also working a full time job is the (self imposed) pressure to maximize your productivity during the time you have to write. In the last few days, I’ve...
View ArticleCommunity History and Public Memory
Yesterday afternoon I stood outside my parish church (ECUSA) with other residents of our town to witness the dedication of a plaque. The text of the plaque reads: With gratitude and repentance we honor...
View ArticleA few thoughts regarding online conferences
Within the span of a few days, my plans for the middle of March changed dramatically, as they did for many people all over the world. I went from anticipating a trip to Atlanta, GA, to attend one of my...
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