The reading for this week in _Thinking with Type _about grids was extremely interesting to me. The section about tables and grids in html particularly peaked my interest. I think the hardest part of html and css is learning layout but I think a grid makes the whole idea of layout easier to understand. I’ve always used grids when I code, particularly I like the 960 grid system which makes layout very easy and allows you to work of a variety of grid layouts.
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This week’s materials on Typography were really interesting. I especially enjoyed Morris’s article “Hear, All Ye People; Hearken, O Earth.” I’ve always been interested in Typography but I had never realized the extent to which a typeface can affect the credibility of a site. Typography is one of the most important, if not the most important, element in the design of a website yet it’s something that we rarely consciously think about.
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This week’s readings, specifically Stephen Ramsey’s article “Who’s In? Who’s Out?,” really got me thinking about (again) about how Digital History is defined and why (or if) coding is an important skill for any digital historian. There are a large number of tools available to allow historians to analyze sources and make arguments using technology, many that don’t require a significant amount of coding knowledge. Specifically, I’m thinking of something such as MALLET, which a number of us used for our final Clio I projects.
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