This is a really cool observation about how Canadian historians are using the internet. It shows that they've made successful websites like NiCHE and Active History. These are great examples because they prove that you can use simple tools like social media to share history with the public. It tells us that the history of the internet in Canada isn't just a technical story it's a story about making history a more public and accessible thing.

This is an important piece of information because it states that the history of the internet in Canada is not studied enough by scholars. I already know that most people focus on the American ARPANET, but this tells me there are whole histories, like the one about SAMSON, that historians are only just starting to uncover. As Canadians we need to look for Canadian-specific sources, not just general ones.

This concept of visualizing data as "streams visualizing the ebb and flow of coins over the centuries" is highly relevant to my research. I need to show change over time, specifically the sudden drop in coins or shift in material (like the debasement of currency) that occurs during and immediately after the plague years (1347-1351). This idea of "dynamic streams" helps me think past a static map and towards visualizing economic instability and recovery across Europe.

If we only record an event's details in a rigid structured database, we create dark data. This is the subjective human wisdom which is the feelings, fear, or conflicts that are/could be found in a diary. The database intentionally leaves this wisdom behind because it is too ambiguous to fit its focus on measurable facts.

When analyzing archival documents, we must use unique, permanent identifiers for each document. This is an ethical duty because it ensures that future researchers can trace the data's original source and context (who found it, where it's stored), preventing errors and making data reusable.