On Friday I spent a very energizing day at the one-day conference Geschichtswissenschaften und Web 2.0 in Basel, Switzerland, an event sponsored by Jan Hodel and Peter Haber of hist.net, the excellent Swiss history portal and infoclio.ch, another history portal in Switzerland. If you haven’t visited these sites, they are must reads. In the morning…
Tag: Blogging
Happy Birthday Edwired
It’s a bit hard for me to believe, but this past Monday Edwired turned five. In those five years I’ve published more than 375 posts, approved almost 700 comments (and spammed countless thousands), and have found the entire experience to be amazingly enriching. Some of my posts have found their way into print in books…
End of Year Highlights
I don’t know many people who won’t be glad to see 2008 over and 2009 underway. But before we let go of a year that had many less than sterling qualities, it’s worth noting that some very excellent history blogging took place in 2008. The Cliopatria Awards for 2008 were just announced at the AHA…
Edwired Goes Analog
When I arrived on campus last week to get ready for the semester, I found a book in my mailbox called Discovering Arguments. An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Writing With Readings by William Palmer (Pearson, 2008). When I checked the index to see if my name might appear, lo and behold, there I was….