Archive for October, 2008
Abstract: The Footsteps of History will be a social research tool for all those who wish to gain a better understanding of the history of a battlefield site to put them in the sites virtual location. To achieve this experience I plan to create tool (page) that can brings together elements of Google Earth, Flickr [...]
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how to generate traffic…
to your site.
Just put Wikipedia in the headline. According to the magic graph I got 48 views to that post and 117 views to the blog after that blog post published. Maybe not a big deal to many bloggers, but for my little page here, that’s cool!
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Google announcement
The full settlement without attachments: here
Our groundbreaking agreement with authors and publishers.
Three years ago, the Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers and a handful of authors and publishers filed a class action lawsuit against Google Book Search.
Today we’re delighted to announce that we’ve settled that lawsuit and will be working closely with these industry [...]
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Hide the kids
it’s all fun and games until someone gets an eye out, and watch your backs..Twitter is a threat. wha…?
Catching up on my favorite Rachel Maddow bits and came across a note about Twitter as a possible “threat”. I’ve linked to the report, thanks to Wired’s write up here.
Twitter has also become a social activism tool [...]
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Give ‘em a NINCH
Ok so, I just lost an entire blog post. I love this medium- though, right now, I’m not a fan.
Basically, here’s my repost:
Chapters V-VIII are interesting reading, but for me I have little exposure to the digitization process other than what I learned in my “Management of Archives” Class last semester. My thoughts on the [...]
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For my analysis of Google Reader versus The Archive project, I chose an older text.
I chose The History of England (Volume I) By Thomas Keightley, Joshua Toulmin Smith Published by Hilliard, Gray, and Co., 1840.
The Google reader version is here.
The Internet Archive version is here.
Navigating around each site I’d have to say that I prefer [...]
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Wikipedia
Good historical writing requires not just factual accuracy but also a command of the scholarly literature, persuasive analysis and interpretations, and clear and engaging prose.
This quote from Roy Rosenzweig’ s JAH article was the most impactful to me as I was considering when thinking about Wikipedia and it’s usefulness as a tool for Historians. I [...]
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Political Blogs
I usually spend some time lurking around some political sites, Daily kos and Politico are among them. As Marcella stated in her blog, NPR always seems a good resource as well. For me one of the more interesting blogs is from TPM Cafe, talking points memo. I like the different elements of this site. The election center [...]
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The Question of Fair Use
Reading about Fair use and thinking about my project idea, makes me think I will have to be extremely aware of how I facilitate my research tool. So, reading about the Bridgeman case where in the judge determined that:
that the Bridgeman photos were not entitled to copyright protection. Bridgeman, he said, had sought “to create [...]
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Updating my outline
Look for some updating on my project idea this week! Thanks to those who had some thoughts in class. It was very helpful!
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