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The Digital Humanities: Beyond Computing

By Craig | Published: February 24, 2011

I approach this Digital Humanities journal issue with caution. Although admittedly I have only skimmed the articles (and there are some good arguments being made) someone still needs to make good humanities software to help us understand the human condition in new ways (and these ‘hybrid’ scholars are very much in the minority). I’ll go [...]

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Clay Shirky on social media, communities, and Open Hack Day

By Craig | Published: October 21, 2009

New York University professor Clay Shirky, an expert on social media, kicked off Yahoo!’s Open Hack Day NYC 2009 with a thoughtful keynote on what motivates people to participate in online communities (Thanks to Leigh B. for the link)

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Social Media vs the Dictator – Clay Shirky

By Craig | Published: September 22, 2009

Lessons learned. The social context of technological-use is as important as the technology itself (try telling that to the practical minded Dictator!)

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The 90-9-1.com Principle: How users participate in social communities

By Craig | Published: August 4, 2009

An excellent resource for those attempting to build communities around their sites. 90% of users are the “audience”, or lurkers. The people tend to read or observe, but don’t actively contribute. 9% of users are “editors”, sometimes modifying content or adding to an existing thread, but rarely create content from scratch. 1% of users are [...]

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Stop Internet Censorship…

By Craig | Published: July 9, 2009

An add from that wonderful crew Getup.org.au. They are waging a campaign against internet censorship in Australia.

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JISC Projects start-up meeting: Information environment 2009-11 and Virtual Research Environment, Leicester, 8 July 2009.

By Craig | Published: July 9, 2009

The JISC Virtual Research Environment (VRE) III kick-off meeting was held at the University of Leicester 8-9 July 2009. Representatives from JISC attended as well as representatives from the projects that had won funding in the last JISC VRE III and Information Environments funding round. http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/inf11/inf11startup.aspx The highlight of the meeting was certainly the project [...]

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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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    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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