Humanities Computing

Provides HTML, CSS, and javascript versions of how to do a drop down menu ... something I figure many of us may want as we include navigation bars.

Argument (with some decent solutions/suggestions) for making the transition from paper to electronic publications.

Fast track to being a billionaire. (And a Facebook timeline.)

This article talks about an alternative to SOPA and PIPA written by Reddit users. There's a link to the Reddit community and Google document they're working on. Although it's difficult for me to see how this document could impact/influence any actual legislation, redditors have had some success making waves in the past. After GoDaddy announced its support for SOPA, Reddit users staged a boycott. GoDaddy ultimately changed its position.

A number of companies are working together to create mobile web standards. Standardization is becoming an important issue as many of us (myself included) increasingly access the web through our smart phones.

This interface allows users to explore place in ancient literature. Under "Reading View," you can click on a place name within the text and see it on the map, along with the number of times that particular place is referenced in the work.

Kirby Ferguson's theory of creativity goes hand-in-hand with some of the concepts presented in Goldsmith's Uncreative Writing. Ferguson argues that copying is one of the key elements in creativity. Hunter S. Thompson, for example, retyped A Farewell to Arms and The Great Gatsby.

Some of the ins and outs of copyright law and DMCA.

Already in 2008, China had more users than any other country; now they have more users than the population of the use. About 50% of the world's web users are now in Asia.

A review of the first Electronic Literature Collection.

In our last class (I think it was last class), Sandy mentioned the Electronic Book Review. This is the search results for "Electronic Literature Collection" on the website. As he mentioned, not all works deal with electronic literature; however, a huge majority of the essays engage in discussions that are highly relevant to the discussions we are having in class. I'll also bookmark a couple of key essays and give a short blurb as to why I think you all might want to check them out.

Useful if you find yourself using a lot of special characters on your website. For example, in reading responses to the ELO works, it can be useful for some authors' names).

Free fonts.

I thought this might be useful for anyone who wanted to build tables into their website.

Really fascinating take on McLuhan and many of the other writers we've been discussing. It also pertains to my interest in both sustainability and digital media.

Highly influential article about the essentially plagiaristic nature of all culture production, an article that itself is composed entirely of "borrowed texts." An excellent short and direct argument for uncreative writing.

Interesting concept of books as an app. I find it interesting that these textbooks are not being "written" but "developed".

Interesting article about book preservation using captcha technology. 

This was interesting trying to turn off (or "pause") my web history! This kind of stuff creeps me out-how much "web people" know about us and our personal lives.

Last post I'll provide about Rowan, but The Fix was referenced a great deal in the New Yorker article.