Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Monday, May 4th, 2009
Here's the thing: English professors don't usually get asked to test drive and review cars. I've reviewed books, grant proposals, even web sites. Never cars.
Ah, this blessèd plot, this Internet.
Granted, I'm not an "English professor" -- I have a Ph.D. in English literature, which means that I trained ...
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Monday, January 12th, 2009
Since much of the writing I've seen about digital humanities at MLA 2008 has focused on how technology (especially Twitter) enlivened the conference, I thought I'd present here as best I could what the online scholarly conversation actually looks like. This is of course chiefly from my perspective, but I ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
The other day I got an envelope in the mail, a grave, serious-looking envelope that seemed never to have heard of junk mail. I did know it was unsolicited, however, because this responsible piece of correspondence announced itself as being from The Atlantic. I opened it, and, as I had ...
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