The image below is from #WhatShouldWeCallGradSchool and it just strikes me as funny. I’m not sure why exactly with this not making sense for accuracy or validity, and not even sure what that would mean if it could be “accurate”…
Post: The Dirty Little Secret of Big Data Projects
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David Dietrich has a useful post, “The Dirty Little Secret of Big Data Projects” on EMC’s InFocus Blog. In the post, David importantly notes that the biggest challenges with big data often don’t get the most attention: [I]t occurs to…
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Jobs at University of Leipzig, Humboldt Chair in Digital Humanities: 1) Systems & Workflow Manager ; and, 2) Interactive Designer
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The announcement below is from Perseus Digital Library Updates. In February 2013, the Humboldt Chair of Digital Humanities announced possible jobs. Funding from the European Social Fund has now been finalized (http://sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdates/2013/05/02/reinventing-humanities-publication-project-receives-e1-1-million-grant-from-the-saxon-ministry-of-science-and-european-social-fund/) and we are pleased to announce two positions:…
News: The Global Plants Initiative and JSTOR release online database for the study of plants
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The news below is from several email lists. The Global Plants Initiative and JSTOR release online database for the study of plants New York, NY – May 7, 2013 The Global Plants Initiative (GPI), a collaboration of more than 270 herbaria…
CFP: NANO (New American Notes Online), Special Theme: Digital Humanities, Public Humanities
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The call below is from the centerNet email list. NANO: New American Notes Online Call for Papers: Issue 5 Special Theme: Digital Humanities, Public Humanities Deadline: 1 October 2013 www.nanocrit.com Scholars, artists, and new media practitioners—including Sharon Daniel, Erik Loyer, Alex Juhasz,…