• Distant reading the past

    Distant reading the past

    This is a really interesting thesis underway at King’s. I suspect he is using the Old Bailey records as some of the findings about the Irish and their likelihood of prison are similar to the Founders and Survivors project about class-background and transportation to Tasmania.

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  • Life beyond the timeline: creating and curating a digital legacy

    Life beyond the timeline: creating and curating a digital legacy

    Abstract: The internet has steadily become integrated with our everyday lives, and it is scarcely worth remarking that the quotidian footprint we leave is increasingly digital. This being the case, the question of what will happen to our digital legacy when we die is an increasing important one. Digital accounts containing emails, photos, videos, music…

  • Moderating successful online forums

    Moderating successful online forums

    As with face-to-face teaching within a campus-based classroom, teaching online through Learning Management Systems is an active process that involves planning and skill to create a productive environment for learning. The tools available to teach online have been available for quite a few years, but in recent times have become far more intuitive, integrated, and…

  • Framing the NBN: Consumer Attitudes and Perceptions

    Framing the NBN: Consumer Attitudes and Perceptions

    The report I co-authored for the Institute for Broadband Enabled Society (IBES) at the University of Melbourne is now available. “The Australian Government is building a National Broadband Network (NBN) to connect all Australians to high-speed broadband. Government and industry commentators have promoted the network as increasingly important for participation in the digital economy. Yet,…

  • Science?

    Science?