Popularity contest – twitter, influence, and universities
Twitter is big and universities are embracing twitter in a big way. From the University of Louisville barring athletes from using specific words on twitter, to Florida State University offering a course teaching students how to raise their Klout score using twitter, to professors encouraging twitter use to grow students’ writing abilities, twitter is changing the … Read more
The war on critical thought – why historians matter in our society
One of my favourite professors always used to say, “A degree in history doesn’t disqualify you from anything.” While true, this begs the question, what exactly does history qualify you for? I’ve always struggled with justifying, to myself and often to others, my decision to study history. I’m sure nearly everyone in the humanities has … Read more
How to fail on the internet – or, why the Argyll and Bute Council misunderstood the groundswell
By now many of you have probably read about nine year-old food blogger Martha Payne from Argyll, Scotland. She and her blog NeverSeconds have captured the internet’s heart after the Argyll and Bute Council prohibited her from taking pictures of her school lunches with her camera phone, under the guise of prohibiting students from taking inappropriate pictures at school. … Read more
Why we’re not in the age of mobile (yet)
The other day I read an article that was circulating on twitter called “Web 2.0 Is Over, All Hail the Age of Mobile.” It cites Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram for $1 billion dollars as the symbolic death of Web 2.0 and the birth of the age of mobile. The article claims that this purchase represents a shift … Read more
Links to the past
Welcome to a new week of ivrytwr content. After a rather unproductive week, I look forward to a week filled with new posts and new features on the site. To usher in a new week of productivity, let’s begin with some links! 1. SIMILE Widgets – SIMILE Widgets offers free, open-source web widgets mostly for … Read more
The Missing Links
Some weeks seem to generate more links than others – this week has had more links than a sausage maker. There’s a great digital humanities community on twitter. If you’re not signed up for twitter, I strongly recommend it. You’d be hard pressed to find a larger community of friendly and interesting people (and I’m … Read more
All the news that’s fit to link
Do you know how I can tell it’s time to write another post about links? There are so many tabs open in my browser that I can’t even read what they are anymore. Even though I keep a Google Doc page to collect interesting links, some how my browser always seems filled with pages I … Read more
Link Dump
I’ve developed a slight fear about being away from twitter. Every day I read fascinating posts on twitter, meet new people, and share ideas. If I know that I’m going to be away from twitter for an extended period of time, I worry about what I’m missing. What if I miss something life-changing? Or miss … Read more
Link dump (or the Social Sharing of Curated Links)
I keep a Google Doc open whenever I’m online. If something catches my eye and I don’t have the time or mental energy to read it, I’ll copy the link into the open document. Since this document is now ten pages long and continues to grow by the day, I thought I’d share (in no … Read more
Think better
I think it would be safe to call Apple one of the most successful and influential companies in the world. In an interview with This is London, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Industrial Design Sir Jonathan Ive revealed the secret of Apple’s success — they do things better than anyone else. When asked what’s Apple’s goals are when designing … Read more
