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.
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