the world’s first set of hot links
How things get their start
19 Matching Annotations
- Apr 2019
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www.newyorker.com www.newyorker.com
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Internet will not bring us a universal library, much less an encyclopedic record of human experience
Each tech giant will horde over its data like a dragon with his treasure trove
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the list of books it contains and to see full texts of those not covered by copyright. Google collaborates with publishers, called Google Publishing Partners
how much would be hidden behind a paywall?
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chnm.gmu.edu chnm.gmu.edu
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So, why not just stick to page images?
The eternal debate. Each has there pros and cons. I remember a professor telling my class one day when some of the colonial period letters from Guatemala's central archives were difficult to read because of the dubious literacy of some of the scribes
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the final third is spent on administrative costs, overhead, and quality control.
Makes sense. Reminds me how back in the '60s and '70s of how the BBC junked some of their television programs after deeming the costs of proper achieving was expensive
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Faithful digital representation is even more difficult with manuscripts.
Lord knows how past hand writing is crazy to decipher. Computers might be able to help, but they can only do so much if the source material is rapidly degrading
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This treasure of digital history presents an incredible boon to historians, offering possibilities for online research and teaching that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. For the aspiring digital historian, it also imparts another benefit: the experience of the first generation of digitizers provides a set of benchmarks and approaches that will help you convert historical documents for your own site with greater efficiency, better reproductions, and, we would hope, a lower cost than the pioneers.
While great to have an instant look in the past from a digital prespective, one has to trawl through countless yottabytes worth of websites and other material to find clear points. Also take into condsideration the sites that are not maintained properly and lay forgotten
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The Thomson Corporation’s 33-million-page Eighteenth Century Collections Online contains every significant English-language and foreign-language title printed in Great Britain in that period
Weird. Kinda increases English's status as the lingua franca
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- Mar 2019
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cr.uncadighist.org cr.uncadighist.org
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Local Histories and Legends
Maybe add a brief introduction about how the area attracts a lot of local legends
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Nevertheless, it is an intriguing myth to dream about.
Kinda feels like a non-sequtiotor
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rulled
Spelling error, but a good section about the Cherokee myths about the area. Find any notes about cryptids?
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coast.
Cap.
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20’s, 40’s, 60’s and even up to the 90’s.
A little awkward with the wording. Suggest "though out the the 20th century"
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An Interview
These things are always fun to conduct, but be prepared for the transcript though. That takes awhile
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, much to the appreciation of the drivers.
Care to explain why the stopping point was maligned by the drivers?
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Solid start. Hope the gallery function works well.
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Kinda of a simple home page. A brief introudciton might help to flesh it out, but other wise a solid theme
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discontinued
Different wording. I suggest closed down
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small improvements
I'd use a different phrase/ wording.
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