http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2008/05/05/the-programming-historian/ Failing better at understanding the past Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2008/05/05/the-programming-historian/#comment-13942 Gavin Robinson Wed, 07 May 2008 07:40:28 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/?p=215#comment-13942 That's a great point. You don't often get communities building up around printed books about history, although there is a <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/ronald_hutton/profile" rel="nofollow">Ronald Hutton fan group</a> on LiveJournal. That's got me thinking about why. It isn't necessarily just about print vs web, because works of fiction often generate fan sites and communities on the web. It isn't even necessarily about popularity: Terry Pratchet isn't exactly as famous or mainstream as J K Rowling. The Gor novels are really obscure, but they've spawned a whole sub-culture on the web and in virtual worlds (although in that case maybe it's down to the power of misogyny). That’s a great point. You don’t often get communities building up around printed books about history, although there is a Ronald Hutton fan group on LiveJournal. That’s got me thinking about why. It isn’t necessarily just about print vs web, because works of fiction often generate fan sites and communities on the web. It isn’t even necessarily about popularity: Terry Pratchet isn’t exactly as famous or mainstream as J K Rowling. The Gor novels are really obscure, but they’ve spawned a whole sub-culture on the web and in virtual worlds (although in that case maybe it’s down to the power of misogyny).

]]> http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2008/05/05/the-programming-historian/#comment-13940 William J. Turkel Tue, 06 May 2008 15:33:29 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/?p=215#comment-13940 Thanks for the kind words, Gavin. What we're really excited about is the community of programming historians... both those who have already come forward to help us get this off the ground, and those who will give it a try one day and get hooked :) Thanks for the kind words, Gavin. What we’re really excited about is the community of programming historians… both those who have already come forward to help us get this off the ground, and those who will give it a try one day and get hooked :)

]]> http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/2008/05/05/the-programming-historian/#comment-13939 Early Modern Notes » New resources for making digital history Mon, 05 May 2008 22:27:49 +0000 http://www.investigations.4-lom.com/?p=215#comment-13939 [...] Bill Turkel (who I get to meet in July!), has published The Programming Historian as an open access e-book. (Gavin Robinson, who actually is a programming historian, recommends it.) [...] [...] Bill Turkel (who I get to meet in July!), has published The Programming Historian as an open access e-book. (Gavin Robinson, who actually is a programming historian, recommends it.) [...]

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