This post is the intro to a series on the process I recommend for creating a digital humanities project from scratch, from initial conception to launch and aftermath. The last few months, I’ve been researching design and development processes in an effort to establish and document them for folks at CHNM, and for my own benefit. In a lot of cases, the process could be generalized for any kind of project, but I hope to address specific goals and concerns that humanities projects have at various stages of development. So, here’s what to expect

The news is out: We’ve released Omeka to the public! It’s a public beta, dubbed version 0.9.0, but we’ve made some great progress since the first private invitation release early last Fall.

Playing off the “THAT” acronym, CHNM, Digital Campus, and THATPodcast are sponsoring THATCamp. Taking place May 31–June 1, THATCamp is an “unconference” for digital humanities. The event is hosted by the Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. If you have a strong interest in the future of digital humanities and want to [...]

As the crew from Digital Campus have already announced, Dave Lester and I published our first episode of our new podcast, THATPodcast. The first show focused on WordPress, and included an interview with Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, and a screencast covering our plugin ScholarPress Courseware.
Even though I had taken a digital history documentary [...]

After a few months away from blogging, I’m taking it up again. Here’s a rundown of what I’ve been doing the last few months.