Month: February 2007
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Who is Dariah?
Ok, if you though DARIAH was a nice German girl from Potsdam ,then you are only partly right. DARIAH is a proposal to build a central European data centre to support the Arts and Humanities. Sounds scary? Well only if a Dutch anarchist hacks into it and changes all the records from Britain in the…
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Snow in London
When I got up today and walked outside of the little flat I am looking after in Islington, the streets were covered in snow. I have never seen snow in London before; it makes it seem so cosy and warm. I slushed along the streets to the tube and had to put the ridiculous hood…
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What is e-social science?
OK, now that you understand e-science…what is e-social science? Well I am glad you asked. E-social science is like e-science in that it utilises a high capacity research ‘grid’, but the questions that is concerns itself with, chiefly focus upon large social questions such as population trends. E-social science has its own data centre (called…
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What is a good Digital Humanities project?
If you were wondering what a good Digital Humanities projects is, then check out the LAIRAH project at University College London that has produced a succinct check list: (link)
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AHDH History
The Arts and Humanities Data Service (where I work) has a number of offices throughout the UK that specialise in more disciplanary approaches to digital technology in the humanities. This is one of the reasons that I like Digital Humanities (or ‘Humanities Computing’) in that it respects the body of knowledge and autonomous directions built…
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JISC Conference
JISC is an interesting organisation that funds investment in ICTs in the higher education sector in the UK (they fund my post). JISC is funded by a number of Universities in the UK and they use the money to invest in a broad range of research ranging from learning, network infrastructure, administration, and digital content…