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Why is Smith Street important? (Nerd Nite Melbourne, 7 PM, October 14)
If you are free on the night of October 14, come to Mr Wows Emporium, 79B Smith Street, Fitzroy (upstairs), to Nerd Night Melbourne. This is a night were specialists (nerds) talk about all sorts of subjects from environmental politics, moon-landing crafts, and pharmaceutical research. And on the night of October the 14th, I will…
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Post card from London
I am sitting in my little room overlooking the strand. The room is on the corner of the Strand and Waterloo Bridge, and despite the size of the room, the view is extensive. And this song by the Kinks is running through my head. Dirty Old River, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night.…
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Collaborative authoring of academic articles using cloud services
There are now many different products available for collaborative authoring of documents. The choice of which software to use depends on the particular type of authoring task being undertaken and the nature of the group undertaking the tasks. In academic work, the collaborative authoring of papers has become much more common, supported by products such…
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Post card from Tallinn
I arrived last night in my charming hostel in the Old Town of Tallinn, Estonia. My friend Jaan, whom I worked with in Melbourne a couple of years ago, greeted me at the airport. Estonia is the 42nd country I have visited, and I am not sure why I count how many countries I have…
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What are Open Educational Resources?
As the name suggests, Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available resources for learning and teaching, such as documents, videos, syllabi, software, and images. The advantage for educators is that these resources may be deposited, shared and re-used, thus saving time in creating new courses or updating existing methods (also, the promotion of the particular…
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Digital Humanities Melbourne in the Pub (7 May 2014)
Dear Melbourne DH folk, Following the DHA 2014 conference in Perth, a group of us are keen to start a regular Melbourne get-together for people working in and around the digital humanities, with the working title: “DH at the Pub”. Our first session is proposed for Wednesday 7 May from 5:30pm at the Prince Alfred…
