DigiWriMo Day 4: My blender hates the president? Why twitter should be used carefully
I didn’t plan it this way, but it’s remarkable timing that my only DigiWriMo post that discusses US politics falls on the day of the presidential election. While it remains to be seen if social media influenced this election one way or another, the 2012 presidential election will go down in the history books as … Read more
DigiWriMo Day 3: 2D grocery stores? – how QR codes are being used in South Korea
QR codes (Quick Response codes), those little black and white squares that resemble an 8-bit Jackson Pollock painting, are increasingly popping up everywhere and on everything. These matrix barcodes were initially popularized in the Japanese automotive industry because they could be used to store relatively large amounts of data that could be retrieved quickly (hence ‘quick’ response). … Read more
DH2013 Proposal: The Suction of Story – examining storytelling, presentation, and engagement in the digital humanities
Here is a rough draft of my poster session proposal for DH2013. It will be refined slightly before it is submitted, but I feel this captures the spirit of my poster session. Having never done a poster session before, I’m excited by the possibility of sharing ideas with small groups of people in a fun, … Read more
Links of the week – storytelling and inclusivity digital humanities
As of this moment I have three days until Digital Writing Month (DigiWriMo) begins, at which point ivrytwr will be devoted to by DigiWriMo project “30 Days of Social” in which I’ll examine the role social media plays in my life and my academic studies. Before I can start climbing my 50,000 word mountain, I … Read more
Announcing my DigiWriMo project – 30 Days of Social
As I mentioned in my ‘links of the week‘ post, I have signed up for Digital Writing Month. This means that over the month of November, I will write 50,000 words of digital writing. Since DigiWriMo is devoted to the medium of digital writing, my 50,000 words will take the form of blog posts, right … Read more
Proposal for HASTAC 2013 – Reading, writing, and digital humanities? Involving Korean ESL students in digital humanities
HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, Technology, Advanced Collaboratory) is a great organization. It exists as a collaborative think-tank for anyone interested in the creative use of technology. HASTAC (pronounced ‘haystack’) is celebrating its decennial by holding a conference at York University (not to be confused with my alma mater the University of York) April 25-28th. The theme of … Read more
How not to groundswell – laser iPhones, Mitt Romney’s Amercia, and why I shop at Waitrose
I was first introduced to the concept of “groundswelling” by a book called Groundswell, Expanded and Revised Edition: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. The premise of this book is fairly simple, the internet and the social web have transformed the way institutions (be they companies, universities, or political parties) interact with the general … Read more
The History of Starcraft – using video games to engage ESL students in digital humanities
Starcraft launched on March 31, 1998. Nearly one month later I was given the game as a 12th birthday present by my parents. At the time I had no idea that 13 years later I would be using Starcraft to teach Korean ESL students (many of whom are 12 years old themselves) about both English and the … Read more
The Importance of Storytelling in a Digital World: Or, What the Digital Humanities can learn from TED
This is a copy of my paper from the Japanese Association for Digital Humanities 2012 Conference. Since I signed up for a 10 minute paper, I left a lot on the cutting room floor. In the coming weeks I’ll post a ‘director’s cut’ of my paper that’s a bit longer and more fleshed out. I … Read more
Links of the week – crowd sourcing history
Looking back on 2012, I feel like it’s going to be remembered as the ‘Year of the Crowd.’ From the huge success of Kickstarter, to numerous high-profile academic projects, crowd-sourcing has had an huge impact of the way the internet is used. This edition of ‘Links of the Week’ will look at five different ways … Read more
