My latest post, "Digital History Tools: Making Timelines" can be found over on Activehistory.ca. This post looks at my process for learning how to make interactive timelines and using Knight Lab Timeline JS.
Digital History Tools: Making Timelines
Historical Reminiscents EP 20: Open Source Public History
This week's podcast episode is all about the intersection of open source digital tools and public history. I talk about ways that digital history and open source communities can enhance public history practice. I also chat about my favorite open source public history tools. What open source tools or platforms do you use as part … Continue reading Historical Reminiscents EP 20: Open Source Public History
Digital Tools For Transcription
In the past when I have worked with audio recordings of oral history interviews I have worked with Audacity for the digitization and transcription of the recordings. Audacity is open source and does a great job in the digitization process and handles the manipulation (clean-up) of audio files well. Additionally, Audacity does allow users to … Continue reading Digital Tools For Transcription
New Year Heritage Links
Lots of heritage and public history on goings this week. Some of the stories that caught my attention:In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg recently broadcasted five episodes dedicated to the development of written word and how the word has shaped our intellectual history. The podcasts are well worth a listen and include detailed descriptions of … Continue reading New Year Heritage Links