Let me begin by stating that while I have practiced this art I certainly haven’t perfected it. However, after serving as an official live-tweeter for the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Organization for American Historians, I thought I might offer some thoughts on how to live tweet – some mine, others drawn from fellow livetweeters.…… Continue reading The Art of Livetweeting
Category: Conferences
What Comes Next?
The popularity of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton: An American Musical is undeniable. It won a Grammy (Best Musical Theatre Album), will likely be nominated for (and win) multiple Tony Awards, and has been discussed by scholars and the popular press. It has been lauded and critiqued by scholars of history, theatre, and literature. But the popularity of…… Continue reading What Comes Next?
New Cities and New Civilizations
One of the things I love about (the idea of) attending conferences is getting to cities or parts of the country you might not visit otherwise. Admittedly, I’ve only been to a handful of conferences prior to this one, and only one was in a city I had never visited (VAM, AASLH in Richmond; SIHC…… Continue reading New Cities and New Civilizations
Thoughts from Virginia Forum
I spent the last two days at my first Virginia Forum. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I really enjoyed myself.One of the strengths of the Forum is the diversity of the attendees: professors, graduate students, museum types (like me), university librarians, museum librarians, library librarians, archivists, historical society staff, independent scholars, and I’m…… Continue reading Thoughts from Virginia Forum
Material Culture online
One of the sessions I attended today at THAT Camp was on material culture (led by my friend Arden Kirkland – see her blog post and webgroup). This is something I’ve given passing thought to, or tangentially considered, but never thought of seriously on it. What I said in the session was that, for me,…… Continue reading Material Culture online
Quick thoughts after THATCamp Day 1
Spent today having good conversations and listening to good conversations at THAT Camp. The twitter buzz on the camp hashtag (#thatcamp) has been pretty busy; one of the points which kept coming up in twitter was how conversations kept coming back to tools more than implementations. My thought, in the final session I attended today,…… Continue reading Quick thoughts after THATCamp Day 1