Planning the Lifespan of Digital Projects
The web is not known for its permanence. But just how long should the shelf-life be for a digital history […]
digital history
There's An App for That
In the first few months of assuming the position of Executive Director at my current institution, I was contacted by […]
When the Future Meets the Past: Using Augmented Reality in Cultural Institutions
By Deb Boyer Using technology to provide access to the collections held by cultural institutions is nothing new. Using augmented […]
Getting Help From a Few Thousand Friends
The New York Times photography blog Lens featured a good example of the power of crowdsourcing this past week. Lens […]
Online Storytelling
I’m always on the lookout for cool new digital tools for public history, and an interesting one launched earlier this […]
Recession Era Buffalo: Connecting People, Place, and Past
“The revolution will not be tweeted.” Or, so read the tagline on a recent Malcolm Gladwell article in The New […]
Making Digital Public History Useful
With a seemingly limitless list of interesting digital public history projects and innovative tools to talk about, I decided to start with a much more basic topic: audience. After all, what’s the point of a cutting-edge web site if no one uses it?