Monthly Archives: September 2014

Sometimes you need to take a day and ride roller coasters

Posted on September 27, 2014 by

So I did. This semester has been good, but kind of a grind and it seemed early in the semester to feel quite so mentally bogged down, but there you go. I looked back at LiquidPlanner and discovered that in … Continue reading →

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So, my archives prof either thinks I’m diligent or an idiot.

Posted on September 25, 2014 by

The good news is that I have not broken the class wiki again… But this week I have had to email him about some assignment dates because there had been some talk about two of them changing and I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Fun stuff in Digital History

Posted on September 13, 2014 by

So, this week we had to create a small exhibit using Omeka (it’s a content management system) – and here is what I did!  Had way too much fun with it.

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Some writing & reading tools – Scrivener & Evernote

Posted on September 10, 2014 by

In readings for my classes, I’ve seen photos of stacks of index cards and post-it notes used by academics to compile their books, and heard complaints of the inability to keep notes and ideas and actual writing all in one place electronically. … Continue reading →

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Online reading – how do you manage it?

Posted on September 10, 2014 by

In my digital history class, we had some readings on web design and content and in one of the articles, it talked about how a lot of websites shy away from lengthy texts and go with “chunking” the information into … Continue reading →

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And another semester begins…

Posted on September 6, 2014 by

Which means if you see me reading comic books or attempting to finish Game of Thrones (I’m 84% done!) rather than perusing some serious journal article on archiving or digital history, it is because I am trying very hard to … Continue reading →

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