#TechTuesday | What’s the Point of Digital? It’s the Kitchen Table

Welcome to the final post of the Kitchen Table series for #TechTuesday. It’s gone so fast! But looking back, we’ve covered a lot of ground: We began this Tech Tuesday series with an introduction to the unique challenges facing the Language in Lyrics project. Basically, what the technical obstacles are in our attempt to create … Continue reading #TechTuesday | What’s the Point of Digital? It’s the Kitchen Table

#TechTuesday | How Organized Is Your Fridge? Content Management Systems Explained

Fàilte! Welcome back to #TechTuesday, and to our Kitchen Table series. We’ve been rocketing around various corners of the web with the last few posts, exploring WordPress and wikis. In case you missed those, they are worth checking out here and here. This week’s post will make more sense once you have that background. Today, … Continue reading #TechTuesday | How Organized Is Your Fridge? Content Management Systems Explained

#TechTuesday | More than Wikipedia: Wikis Explained

Fàilte! Welcome back to #TechTuesday. Last time, we were talking all about WordPress, and the advantages and disadvantages of using WordPress.com and WordPress.org to create your own website. This time, we’re moving on to talk about another way to make your own website: wikis. While they are similar to other platforms we’ve mentioned, wikis are … Continue reading #TechTuesday | More than Wikipedia: Wikis Explained

#TechTuesday | So You Want to Start a Blog?: WordPress Explained

Do bheatha gu #TechTuesday! Last time, we finished our survey of online Gaelic resources. But there was one particular one we purposely left out. If we had used our own website for Language in Lyrics as an example in the previous posts, we would’ve had to have mentioned a certain system that powers roughly 34% … Continue reading #TechTuesday | So You Want to Start a Blog?: WordPress Explained

#TechTuesday | How It’s Made: Online Gaelic Resources in Scotland

By Aleen Leigh Stanton Bliadhna mhath ùr dhuibh! Happy New Year to you all! We’re back for another #TechTuesday. This is the second half of our detailed look into online Gaelic resources. Just like last time, we’ll investigate how the sites are built, and how each project compares to the needs of Language in Lyrics. … Continue reading #TechTuesday | How It’s Made: Online Gaelic Resources in Scotland

#TechTuesday | How It’s Made: Online Gaelic Resources in Nova Scotia

By Aleen Leigh Stanton Welcome back to #TechTuesday and to our digital kitchen table. This week, we’re going to be exploring the online Gaelic world in a bit more detail. We’ve talked a lot about context, about Digital Humanities, about philosophy. Now, we finally get to focus in on the intersection between technology and Gaelic … Continue reading #TechTuesday | How It’s Made: Online Gaelic Resources in Nova Scotia

#TechTuesday | What on Google Earth are Digital Humanities? (Part 2)

By Aleen Leigh Stanton And just like that, it’s #TechTuesday again. If you’re new here, welcome; if you’re visiting again, welcome back. This is the third post in the Kitchen Table series, and the second half of our discussion about Digital Humanities. Last week we introduced the field of digital humanities, and talked about the … Continue reading #TechTuesday | What on Google Earth are Digital Humanities? (Part 2)

#TechTuesday | What on Google Earth are Digital Humanities? (Part 1)

By Aleen Leigh Stanton Welcome back to #TechTuesday. In this second post in the Kitchen Table series, we are going to explore something we only mentioned in passing last time: digital humanities. Let’s gather round the (digital) kitchen table for another discussion and see if we can figure this out together. First, why are we … Continue reading #TechTuesday | What on Google Earth are Digital Humanities? (Part 1)

#TechTuesday | Welcome to a New Series: Gather Round the Kitchen Table

By Aleen Leigh Stanton Welcome to the Kitchen Table, a new series of #TechTuesday blogposts I’ll be offering over the next little while about digital humanities and technology. Ciamar a tha sibh? Is mise Aleen. Tha mi toilicht’ ur coinneachadh! Let me begin by introducing myself properly. You’ve heard from Heather and Mary Jane in … Continue reading #TechTuesday | Welcome to a New Series: Gather Round the Kitchen Table