Monthly Archives: June 2009

How to track Iranian protests online #iranelections

By Craig | Published: June 15, 2009

Here is how to find out about the Iranian elections online. Please send me your links. Also, Twitter’s down time has been rescheduled because of the important role that it is playing in the US elections (see link). Hash Tag: #Iranelections (search and post your blogs and tweets with this). Breaking Tweet http://www.breakingtweets.com Andrew Sullivan’s [...]

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The Shahnama Project (Iran)

By Craig | Published: June 15, 2009

One of my favourite projects within the broader Digital Humanities field; a masterpiece of Persian art and a damn fine piece of Digital Humanities scholarship as well. Firdausi’s Shahnama (Book of Kings), completed in eastern Iran in around A.D. 1010, is a work of mythology, history, literature and propaganda: a living epic poem that pervades [...]

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How to set Username on Facebook?

By Craig | Published: June 13, 2009

I know that this is a complete yawn, but unless you know the exact URL to go to, setting the new user name on Facebook is a complete pain in the arse. Here is the URL: http://www.facebook.com/username/ I got the username that I have been using around the traps for 10 years! Milkbar http://www.facebook.com/milkbar

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eSI Public Lecture: “How Web 2.0 Technologies and Innovations are Changing e-Research Activities” by Mark Baker

By Craig | Published: June 12, 2009

(This lecture will be web-cast live and available on demand) The e-Science Institute Public Lecture Announcement ————————————————— The e-Science Institute is also delighted to host a public lecture by Prof. Mark Baker. The public lecture is again open to all interested parties in academia and industry. There is no need to register for this event [...]

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Repository66.org Repository Maps

By Craig | Published: June 12, 2009

An excellent project that maps the world’s digital repositories into Googlemaps. Thanks to David Curry for the link.

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Blogging & Tweeting Academia

By Craig | Published: June 12, 2009

A HASTAC Scholars Discussion Forum open now at http://www.hastac.org/scholars/forums/04-16-09Blogging-Academia As the tools necessary for creating blogs and other forms of micro-publishing (podcasts, videocasts, microblogs) have become more readily available, many academics have been quick to embrace these new forms of communication. However, academics blog for many different reasons, such as disseminating scholarship, demystifying the inner [...]

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Science and Heritage Post-doctoral Fellowships Call

By Craig | Published: June 12, 2009

(This would be  a great opportunity for those interested in pursuing a career in public history. You have to be less that five years out of your PhD;  I am 6 years out. Damn! ) (The Harley Davidson ‘Heritage’. A legendary synthesis between science and heritage ) The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and [...]

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