In Pursuit of Elegance
I wrote this for the HASTAC Scholars’ forum on Critical Code studies, which I co-hosted in January. To see the post in its original context, click here. *********************** One of the older jokes...
View ArticleRepublicans of Letters
Here are the slides for my January 26th talk at Brown University’s Center for Digital Scholarship, “Republicans of Letters: Historical Social Networks and The Early American Foreign Service Database.”...
View ArticleAlt-Ac: The First Month
On August 1 I joined Brown University as their first Digital Humanities Librarian. This job is a dream come true. I was hired to help cultivate Digital Humanities projects by working with faculty,...
View ArticleAm I even qualified?: Writing about Digital History
About two weeks ago, my article “Fielding History: Relational Databases and Prose” went online for open peer review and possible inclusion in the open access essay collection Writing History in the...
View ArticleWho you calling untheoretical?
I’m sorry. I need to vent. If you think you will be offended, continue at your own risk. You have been warned. Several weeks ago, the whole Digital Humanities Theory, or Hack vs. Yack, debate sprung to...
View ArticleSafe Spaces and Kind Words
Every generation has to kill the dragon, or so the saying goes. I disagree. I may be starting a new chapter in my life, but I refuse to slam the door behind me. If I am privileged, then I owe that...
View ArticleTales from the Port: Day 1 — Dry Dock
Welcome to my one week blog series, Tales from the Port, chronicling my rewriting of Project Quincy from Ruby on Rails to Django. This series may be a little rough around the edges — I’ll be writing it...
View ArticleTales from the Port: Part 2 — Migrating the Database
In retrospect, maybe I shouldn’t have promised to write a blog post every night this week. The port has been going well, but I’ve been working late each night, and it’s just too hard to write clear...
View ArticleNetwork Analysis for Humanists
Today I am teaching a workshop called “Network Analysis for Humanists” at Northeastern’s NULab for their Boston Area Days of DH. If you attended my workshop (or are just interested in learning more),...
View ArticleSome thoughts on “Niceness” and the Yack-Hack Cycle
So apparently Twitter exploded yesterday, in that way that Twitter has of “exploding.” I missed it thanks to back-to-back meetings, a long commute, and a desire to spend time with my husband rather...
View ArticleBaking Gingerbread, as a DH project
Earlier today I was trying to put together slides for a workshop called “Getting Started in DH.” And I just couldn’t get started. For the record, I have given versions of this workshop more times than...
View ArticleHas anyone seen a sheep?: Ada Lovelace Day Tribute to Deb Verhoeven
This Ada Lovelace Day I want to stop and thank a woman who is making the Digital Humanities Community a more just and scholarly place: Deb Verhoeven. I have had the extraordinary privilege of working...
View ArticleDigital Humanities, Digital Scholarship, and Digital Libraries: Fuzzy...
If there is one thing that unites digital humanities practitioners, it is our aversion to defining ‘Digital Humanities.’ I get it. I really do. But defining and redefining DH on a regular and ongoing...
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