I’m reposting this call for papers for an upcoming ASA conference on Play that many of my readers may be interested in. It’s also going to be in Rochester, my hometown — well worth a visit if you can make the trip. This was originally posted by Simon J Bronner on the H-AMSTDY [...]
I’d like to propose a tag that Americanists mutually use to find related and new websites. From now on, if you have something related to American Studies that you’d like to tag on del.icio.us, tag it AMST in addition to your other tags. Some others have already been doing this, but recently that [...]
Earlier this week Amazon released their new e-book reader, Kindle, which Newsweek has referred to as the “ipod of reading.” While that headline may be the hype Amazon needed to sell out their supply in only 5 ½ hours, many of us are left scratching our heads wondering whether or not this product could launch [...]
As pointed out by Sheila Brennan, the Brooklyn Museum has released a Facebook application called ArtShare to display their art collection using the Developer Platform. You can add pieces of their collection that rotate on your Facebook profile page, and share them with your friends.
The WPBook plugin I wrote for Wordpress that embeds your [...]
Jeremy Boggs and I have officially launched ScholarPress, a hub for educational WordPress plugins. It currently features two plugins, including Courseware and WPBook. Check them out. We’re exploring a Gradebook plugin, and would love feedback on either what we currently have, or plugins that would help you out.
Courseware enables you to manage [...]
Yesterday I made the trip to Philly for a Facebook Developer Garage. There was an array of people, from developers, to job recruiters looking to hire, to your average bunch of tech-groupies. It was fun. Something I heard over and over was: “we can’t find enough people to develop Facebook applications for [...]
Over a year ago, when the Facebook platform wasn’t a platform at all - just an API in its infancy san the features that now define the social experience on Facebook (mainly feeds, which were added later) I created the first Facebook survey for my ongoing research of the Oregon Trail computer game. I [...]
November’s issue of The Atlantic marks its 150th anniversary of publication - originally founded by writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It features a contemporary lineup of literary all-stars focused on describing the future and greatest challenges to the American Idea in 300 words or less. And while 300 words [...]
We released RC3 of Omeka today, which includes revisions to the core code-base and a prepackaged contribution plugin. The next release client is coming out in time for the holidays, and will be not only significantly faster, but include several new plugins. Be sure to subscribe to our blog, add us on twitter. [...]
I'm a digital humanist and graduate of American Studies, currently working as a web developer and Omeka community liaison for the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. Finding America is my professional blog, and an amalgamation of the many hats I wear ranging from theorist to practitioner. I explore the confluence of American Culture and information technology in the archives, the classroom, and our digital lives.