• Software tools from the Centre for History and New Media

    The Centre for History and New Media at George Mason University in the United States have developed some fantastic tools for academics and historians. Check out their H-Bot system (developed by Daniel Cohen and Simon Kornblith). The H-Bot system allows you to ask factual historical questions like ‘when was Australia discovered’ and receive answers from…

  • Morning Coffee with Craig: Do you have time to think?

  • Information, Communication, and Society Webcasts

    In collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute, the editors of the academic peer-reviewed journal Information, Communication, and Society have been producing and archiving webcasts featuring the author(s) of the lead article of selected issues. (check them out…link)

  • PoliticalMashups

    Mashups are created when information is taken out of one or more database/s and then integrated into a web site. This is done through what’s called a public interface or ‘API’ (or by RSS feeds, or by JavaScript). Some well-known examples are the Chicago Crime Map, Weatherbonk, and mappr. I haven’t come across too many…

  • US Presidential Speeches Tag Cloud

    I will have to think about this one and get back to you. I like it a lot, but I have to think about its accuracy; the process is only half the story (and some academics build their career on advancing only half the story) (link)

  • Buy Nothing Day 24-25 November

    Are You a Greedy Pig? (check out the vid) Every November, for 24 hours, we remember that no one was born to shop, we make a small choice to participate by not participating. If you’ve never taken part in Buy Nothing Day, or if you’ve taken part in the past but haven’t really committed to…