Yesterday I attended WordCamp Baltimore, a WordPress developers conference. Aaron Jorbin, a well-known WordPress developer in the D.C. area, gave the keynote address which was about open source platforms and the open source community. If you aren’t familiar with the “.org” version of WordPress, it is open source and free to anyone who wants to use, modify, or develop the software. Jorbin’s keynote was entitled “Citizenship in the Open Source World” and he talked a lot about the responsibilities and the rights of a citizen in the “Open Source World.
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Web Design is not something academic are traditionally trained in. However, as the discipline continues to change and Digital History continues to develop and grow, knowing a little bit about what constitutes a good historical website is necessary.
Alexander Dawson makes excellent points about the development and organization of a website in his article “Improve Usability by Studying Museums.” He compares the layout of a museum to that of a website and argues that many web designers could take some tips from the organization of museums.
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What are the digital humanities, what do they do, and how does digital history fit in? It’s a valid question and one that I think has several answers.Northwestern University’s “A Guide to Digital Humanities”confronts this question and attempts to make sense of the many different definitions that exist for Digital Humanities. The consensus seems to be that the Digital Humanities are centered on scholarship. The digital humanities are both a methodology and a presentation technique.
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