Monthly Archives: March 2009

What is BoB: Box of Broadcast?

By Craig | Published: March 24, 2009

Bob or Box of Broadcast is being launched at the JISC conference in Edinburgh this week. Here is a blurb from the JISC press release. the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) will be launching BoB – Box of Broadcast. Similar to the BBC’s iPlayer, it will make broadcast and video content available indefinitely [...]

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‘Weasel Words’, Jargon, and eReseach!

By Craig | Published: March 23, 2009

A colleague of mine recently lamented the fact that his organisation was bloated by jargon.  A lot of organisations are bloated by jargon;  including parts of the English academy (that is supposed to advance the noble task of pursuing truth through evidence). Here is a definition of ‘jargon’ or dare I say  ‘Weasel Words’ from [...]

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A day in the life of the Digital Humanities

By Craig | Published: March 20, 2009

This is the entry I wrote for the ethnographic study yesterday on the day in the life of the Digital Humanities. I am not sure it was a typical day; except all the reflection about the nature of the Digital Humanities. That is typical for me (link). Nanook of the North; a famous (but discreited) [...]

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Interdisciplinarity in the Arts and Humanities Conference

By Craig | Published: March 18, 2009

Conferences and Symposia Friday 20th March, 9.30-6pm Interdisciplinarity in the Arts and Humanities Conference Speakers: Georgina Born (Cambridge), David Cunningham (Westminster & Radical Philosophy), Thomas Docherty (Warwick), Jeremy Gilbert (UEL & New Formations), Susan Melrose (Middlesex), Joanne Morra (University of the Arts & Journal of Visual Culture), Peter Osborne (Middlesex & Radical Philosophy), Adrian Rifkin [...]

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Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day

By Craig | Published: March 17, 2009

The Australian communications regulator says it will fine people who hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has been further expanded to include several pages on the anonymous whistleblower site Wikileaks. Wikileaks was added to the blacklist for publishing a leaked document containing Denmark’s list of banned websites. The move by the Australian Communications and [...]

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The Influence and Impact of Web 2.0 on e-Research Infrastructure, Applications and Users

By Craig | Published: March 16, 2009

This conference is being organised by the National eScience Centre and the eScience institute and is being held in Edinburgh on the 23rd to the 27th March ’09. The number of Web 2.0 services and applications, widely used by Internet users, academics, industry and enterprise, are growing rapidly, which demonstrates Web 2.0′s solid foundations. These [...]

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    Hi, my name is Dr Craig Bellamy and I am a digital humanities analyst for the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative, a consortium based at the University of Melbourne, however, the views expressed in this blog are the responsibility of the author alone.

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