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SXSW: Recap

Posted on March 17, 2011 by karin

I had a fantastic time at SXSW. I learned a lot (though I felt my brain was full by the second day) and met a ton of fantastic and smart people – both professional contacts and personal ones. I am … Continue reading →

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Going to SXSW

Posted on March 1, 2011 by karin

Going to break a way too long silence on this blog to talk about: Vacation! I will be headed to SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX next week, the 11th-16th. If you are going and would like to meet up, email … Continue reading →

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ALA Annual update

Posted on June 16, 2008 by karin

Colors of San Pedro by my hovercraft is full of eels The last few weeks have been a bit of a blur. Various house issues, preparing for vacation and ALA Annual, work, school, and life have been keeping me very … Continue reading →

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THAT Camp, Day 1

Posted on May 31, 2008 by karin

Finally back for good in my hotel after day 1 of THAT Camp. I am exhausted and energized at the same time. The organizers have brought together an absolutely amazing group of people, and I am humbled by the sheer … Continue reading →

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Alternative search, part 1: Using existing metadata or data

Posted on May 27, 2008 by karin

Yesterday, I mentioned three types of alternative search: Search that uses existing human or computer supplied metadata to find and display information. Search that analyzes a documents’ contents to return a result. Search that relies on user added metadata Today, … Continue reading →

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Alternative search methods

Posted on May 25, 2008 by karin

The field of information storage and retrieval concentrates heavily on mathematic formulas for ideal retrieval, and while this is really fascinating (and way over my head) I am also interested in new methods that have been developed for information retrieval … Continue reading →

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A few final words on Digital Humanities and Art History before I move on

Posted on May 22, 2008 by karin

Thanks to everyone who commented on my previous two posts. I’m still working these things out in my head, and am speaking from a very limited (and naive) perspective of only a handful of institutions and projects that I have … Continue reading →

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More Thoughts on Digital Humanities and Fine Arts

Posted on May 21, 2008 by karin

After more thought about the previous post, I think my question is: Should digital humanities centers take it upon themselves to encourage fine art and art history faculty to create digital projects? That would probably involve searching for funding from … Continue reading →

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So you want to learn to program

Posted on May 9, 2008 by karin

I have had “learn to program” on my list of stuff to do for years. It’s always “after I do this…” But! There is a great new resource created by the fabulous William J. Turkel & Alan MacEachern called the … Continue reading →

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A question for programmers

Posted on April 21, 2008 by karin

I had an interesting exchange with some fellow students this week (in blackboard, so I unfortunately cannot link to it.) The topic posted by the teacher was: How does one gain technical experience required for an system manager job? and … Continue reading →

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