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Omeka Everywhere

clioweb — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:23:02 +0000

Dave Lester and I are pleased to announce the latest episode of THATPodcast. In this episode, we introduce Omeka on the heels of its public release. We’re grateful that Sharon Leon and Tom Scheinfeldt, project directors for Omeka, agreed to interviews for the podcast. They provide some great commentary on what Omeka is and how it contributes to digital humanities. Dave follows the interviews with a nice screencast explaining how to set up an Omeka installation on your own server.

The Omeka development team is en route to Portland, Oregon for code4lib, taking place February 25–28. We’re presenting Omeka on Wednesday, and we’re looking for to meeting new folks and sharing ideas. There are lots of other great panels, including a discussion by Jay Datema from the NYPL Labs. If you’re in Portland, I’d love to meet you, so stop by after our panel to say hello! I’ve got Omeka stickers and bookmarks to give away. And, if you’re not in Portland, you can read my reactions as the conference progresses on my Twitter account.

THATCamp

clioweb — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:05:49 +0000

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 participate in something other than a traditional conference, send an email to thatcamp.info@gmail.com stating who you are, what you want to talk about, and what you’d like to get out of the camp. The sign-up deadline for THATCamp is March 15.

THATPodcast

clioweb — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:15:58 +0000

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 class a few years ago, it still surprised me how much work creating a podcast involved. Like Dave, though, I’m pretty happy with what we came up with, despite getting a little rushed. Dave did a lot of work at the end, so most of the credit for the success of the first show should go to him. Thanks, Dave.

Our plan is to roll out a new THATPodcast show once a month. In February our show will cover Omeka, the free, open source platform for managing collections and exhibits now in development at the Center for History and New Media. We’re going to time episode two with the public release of Omeka, so be sure to check back next month!