THATCamp | Lincoln Mullen | Activity https://thatcamp.org/people/lmullen/activity/ Activity feed for Lincoln Mullen. Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:54:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=5.1.2 en 30 hourly 2 bdb8bcd5bf41a51db7bebe71fade80cf-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Lightening session proposals (aka Dork Shorts), on the site THATCamp AHA 2016 http://aha2016.thatcamp.org/2016/01/04/lightening-session-proposals-aka-dork-shorts/#comment-73 Wed, 06 Jan 2016 14:28:08 +0000 Text Reuse in 19th Century Codes of Civil Procedure

]]> 292c6ac02b9668859e695598df09e98c-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, State of the art in DH mapping, on the site THATCamp AHA 2016 http://aha2016.thatcamp.org/?p=162 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:15:27 +0000 I’d love to compare notes among people who are using mapping for DH research projects. I’m particularly interested in moving away from GIS (e.g. ArcGIS or QGIS) and GIS-in-the-browser (e.g., CartoDB) to using the […]

]]> e0774943ac2559de30750cfa3657df04-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Getting down to work in DH classes, on the site THATCamp AHA 2016 http://aha2016.thatcamp.org/?p=160 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:09:55 +0000 An iron law of DH software is that it is easier to use than to install. Philip Guo has memorably identifed the problem in a post titled “Helping my students overcome command-line bullshittery.” I’d like to talk […]

]]> 0875a09f5fa4d04263fc2fd399356d22-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Lightening session proposals (aka Dork Shorts), on the site THATCamp AHA 2016 http://aha2016.thatcamp.org/?p=157 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 15:52:07 +0000 If you would like to give a three-minute lightening presentation during our opening session, please leave a comment below with you name, the subject of the presentation, and (optionally) a URL that you would like […]

]]> 571dd0d747954c1046e92331dbebf12c-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Details about THATCamp AHA 2016: times, places, and proposals, on the site THATCamp AHA 2016 http://aha2016.thatcamp.org/?p=153 Mon, 04 Jan 2016 15:49:46 +0000 Schedule for THATCamp AHA 2016
THATCamp AHA 2016 will start in a few days on Wednesday, January 6. Here is the information you need to know about finding the location, the start time, and proposing […]

]]> 73a91932b186ce14f61d8bc931707370-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Registration for THATCamp AHA 2016, on the site THATCamp AHA 2016 http://aha2016.thatcamp.org/?p=142 Sat, 19 Sep 2015 16:27:54 +0000 THATCamp AHA 2016 will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, January 6, 2016, the day before the beginning of the 130th annual meeting of the American Historical Association. The THATCamp will be held at […]

]]> 06bc9620735c6b1f73deb11f0b3b1156-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, What's the current state of Linked Open Data?, on the site THATCamp New England 2014 http://newengland2014.thatcamp.org/2014/05/28/whats-the-current-state-of-linked-open-data/#comment-3231 Thu, 29 May 2014 15:54:08 +0000 I’m in.

]]> f4e2a346aae252ef25ab0e666b1a6ba7-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, What Do People See When They Look at Visualizations?, on the site THATCamp New England 2014 http://newengland2014.thatcamp.org/?p=258 Thu, 29 May 2014 14:48:17 +0000 ThumbnailVisualizations, visualizations everywhere, but what do people see when they look at them?

It’s hard to know what people think they see when they look at visualizations. So I propose a session where we look […]

]]> 46d52bbed429892bf744981550f780cb-en Lincoln Mullen and Abby Mullen are now friends https://thatcamp.org/activity/p/10375/ Sat, 19 Oct 2013 02:38:32 +0000 0 e7ee7dd1236c741d2e30c426d3492d34-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, THATCamp New England Business Meeting, on the site THATCamp New England 2013 http://newengland2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/18/thatcamp-new-england-business-meeting/ Fri, 18 Oct 2013 16:32:38 +0000 THATCamp New England is a loosely run organization, but it does have some business to transact. I’d like to hold a session on Saturday to take care of some business. Ideally the following kinds of people would […]

]]> 310ea688c4a17d9ce5be4152ad9e8553-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Life and Scholarship in Plain Text, on the site THATCamp New England 2013 http://newengland2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/16/life-and-scholarship-in-plain-text/#comment-2363 Fri, 18 Oct 2013 01:50:02 +0000 Yes, Pandoc is what I use for everything. This is dated but it might help.

]]> 5ba7d5056764b67e50ad0a272854bf81-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Life and Scholarship in Plain Text, on the site THATCamp New England 2013 http://newengland2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/16/life-and-scholarship-in-plain-text/ Wed, 16 Oct 2013 23:25:08 +0000 Last year at THATCamp New England I gave a workshop on using plain text for scholarship, especially using Markdown and Pandoc. Tom Scheinfeldt and Abby Mullen apparently struck some kind of deal whereby I am […]

]]> f8501eb0f96248f7713cd6f6aa225775-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Geospatial Showcase, on the site THATCamp New England 2013 http://newengland2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/12/geospatial-showcase/ Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:38:54 +0000 I’d like to propose a show-and-tell session for people who are making maps or want to get started with them. Anyone who wants to participate can spend a few minutes showing a map they made—and preferably, […]

]]> 27c5582af225aa66bc6761aee252cd65-en Lincoln Mullen edited a notepad Participatory DH / Crowdsourcing / Public DH on the site THATCamp Leadership 2013 https://thatcamp.org/activity/p/10266/ Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:27:47 +0000 0 6246e0b43d63c8043323a1c6e61a4164-en Lincoln Mullen edited a notepad Notes on Models of Sustainability and Selection on the site THATCamp Leadership 2013 https://thatcamp.org/activity/p/10265/ Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:27:28 +0000 0 fa27da45a6150fb9cf4973273ef72c24-en Lincoln Mullen edited a notepad "Carpentry" as a way of knowing on the site THATCamp Leadership 2013 https://thatcamp.org/activity/p/10230/ Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:06:23 +0000 0 67fd6df567a904a8b50715c6e0f6d385-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Let's Make a Humanities Pre-Print Server, on the site THATCamp Leadership 2013 http://leadership2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/03/lets-make-a-humanities-pre-print-server/ Thu, 03 Oct 2013 23:24:23 +0000 There are many complicated debates about open-access, peer review, and the economics of publishing. It’s complicated, and many ideas have been proposed. For the sake of brevity, I’m going to summarize two of them. […]

]]> 306fc422f988379789c8aba7ac8c9d87-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Geospatial Showcase, on the site THATCamp Leadership 2013 http://leadership2013.thatcamp.org/2013/10/03/geospatial-showcase/ Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:00:58 +0000 I’d like to propose a show-and-tell session for people who are making maps or want to get started with them. Anyone who wants to participate can spend a few minutes showing a map they made—and preferably, […]

]]> bce712733dac99e27407bda5ea50bfe3-en Lincoln Mullen edited a notepad Digital Historians Working Group on the site THATCamp Center for History and New Media 2013 (aka THATCamp Prime) https://thatcamp.org/activity/p/8916/ Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:33:34 +0000 0 d396c887a99b3a7fcc00f209361e8d7f-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Using D3 to Visualize Learning D3, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/06/08/974/#comment-3541 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:05:10 +0000 My bad. The problem was that TIFFs don’t display on my browser. If you made it into a PNG or JPEG it might display for more people.

]]> 5bf56f92c8ac7f7ff86bc82eb3259c49-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Maker Challenge: Omeka plugin -- Update plugins from admin, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/06/08/omeka-plugin/#comment-3534 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:31:00 +0000 Patrick, This is a tremendously useful plugin. Thanks!

]]> e0a82d01c661d63391199b6559b9d9ae-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Using D3 to Visualize Learning D3, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/06/08/974/#comment-3532 Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:19:35 +0000 Rachel,

I’d really like to see your visualization, but it’s not appearing in the post. Can you check the post?

]]> 8050c395b11ae5dd2632b719a0c58366-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Maker Challenge: Honor Thy Contributors Omeka Plugin, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/06/08/maker-challenge-honor-thy-contributors-omeka-plugin/ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:06:12 +0000 ThumbnailIn the rich soup that is digital humanities, there are a few ingredients that lend a special flavor. One of these is collaboration: far from being taboo, collaboration is the encouraged mode of working. Another […]

]]> 40e607367ca8016c2c8b254c48baaf20-en Lincoln Mullen edited a notepad Scripting for Humanists on the site THATCamp Center for History and New Media 2013 (aka THATCamp Prime) https://thatcamp.org/activity/p/8316/ Sat, 08 Jun 2013 13:28:10 +0000 0 dd57a7a36bc0c87ddaeafc55b9e175df-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Scripting Languages for Humanists, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/06/04/scripting-languages-for-humanists/ Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:31:42 +0000 Fred Gibbs has proposed a session on R for Humanists, and I’d like to propose a complementary session on scripting languages for humanists. Ruby and Python are popular among digital humanists for a variety of […]

]]> b5f6a1578abe9b133985d64f3b65c0ce-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, R for humanists, on the site THATCamp CHNM 2013 http://chnm2013.thatcamp.org/05/14/r-for-humanists/#comment-2980 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:07:34 +0000 Fred: I’ll be there. I’ve been using R for charting data and for making maps. I’d like to learn how you do text mining with R, and perhaps we can talk about R more generally.

]]> 28a034df60517358738ffe8379c4cb07-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Best Practices for Open Access Journals , on the site THATCamp New England 2012 http://newengland2012.thatcamp.org/2012/10/best-practices-for-open-access-journals/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:00:23 +0000 The academy needs open-access. As Bethany Nowviskie has pointed out in a memorable (and revolting) phrase, much of the intellectual product of the academy is “fight club soap.” We produce scholarly work at great […]

]]> af193d031a11c83273b99ccf64457a7b-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Pandoc (and Jekyll, and LaTeX, oh my!) Hacking Session, on the site THATCamp New England 2012 http://newengland2012.thatcamp.org/2012/10/pandoc-and-jekyll-and-latex-oh-my-hacking-session/ Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:59:41 +0000 Pandoc is a utility written by philosopher John MacFarlane for converting files from one markup format to another. For example, you might write a document in a plain text format then convert it to HTML. I’ll be […]

]]> 76b9f250260ef0ae9efdab98026db6bd-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Session Proposal: Best Practices and New Ideas for Open-Access Publications, on the site THATCamp American Historical Association 2012 http://aha2012.thatcamp.org/01/03/session-proposal-best-practices-and-new-ideas-for-open-access-publications/ Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:30:34 +0000 The academy needs open-access. As Bethany Nowviskie has pointed out in a memorable (and revolting) phrase, much of the intellectual product of the academy is “fight club soap.” We produce scholarly work at great […]

]]> 7422f79a1d7a95d080dcc8925b9d09dc-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Life and Scholarship in Plain Text, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/20/life-and-scholarship-in-plain-text/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:17:59 +0000 I’ve never met a person who liked Microsoft Word. Maybe I’ll meet that person this weekend, but I doubt it. Here is what Stephen Ramsay has to say about writing tools: “I don’t hear many people say that they love […]

]]> 3d853b320dda05426bb090f92f5497ad-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Best Practices and New Ideas for Open-Access Publications, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/best-practices-and-new-ideas-for-open-access-publications/#comment-96 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:32:20 +0000 Here are some resources I’ve gathered:

Early Modern Literary Studies—Noteworthy for paragraph numbering for citations.

Paper Through Time—noteworthy for endnotes and hovering notes above numbers.

<a href="http://www.samplereality.com/2011/09/10/hacking-the-academy-the-ebook-volume/&quot; […]

]]> 2458b8aa9783797997cb991326c8733f-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Digital Scholarship and Strengthening Regional Connectivity, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/18/digital-scholarship-and-strengthening-regional-connectivity/#comment-91 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:43:45 +0000 I’m in!

]]> 3059ee439455974ac4a30c70e1393612-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Tools for scholars for preparation and publication of texts: LaTeX, BibTeX, MakeIndex., on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/17/tools-for-scholars-for-preparation-and-publication-of-texts-latex-bibtex-makeindex/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:35:17 +0000 Posted on behalf of John Burt


LaTeX is an open-source, free typesetting system for producing beautiful books. It is available for almost every operating system, and is a stable, mature product with a large […]

]]> deef9b83a92fd84636bb8f38f42d9c74-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Propose a Session, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/propose-a-session/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:33:26 +0000 Here is how THATCamp works. Other than the workshops, we don’t have anything planned—you’re the ones who do the planning. Over the next few days you can post your session ideas to the TCNE website. Also over the […]

]]> b137577d2f9c49e449175cfca25b3933-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Best Practices and New Ideas for Open-Access Publications, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/best-practices-and-new-ideas-for-open-access-publications/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:44:20 +0000 The academy needs open-access. As Bethany Nowviskie has pointed out in a memorable (and revolting) phrase, much of the intellectual product of the academy is “fight club soap.” We produce scholarly work at great […]

]]> d39f0004def804163d3c47542a6f5b49-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Lightning Presentations (AKA Dork Shorts), on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/10/14/lightening-presentations-aka-dork-shorts/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:45:05 +0000 ThumbnailAre you working on an awesome digital humanities project? Are you using a great DH tool? Do you want people at THATCamp New England to know about it? Our lightning presentations (often called Dork Shorts) are your […]

]]> d39e9c83f5d4c27572b76b38f5fe9cae-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Application Deadline Extended to September 16, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/09/07/application-deadline-extended-to-september-16/ Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:05:18 +0000 For many institutions, the semester is just under way. To make sure everyone has a chance to apply, the organizers are extending the deadline for applying to THATCamp New England to September 16. Take advantage of […]

]]> 8541ffff47d7af7cc2bef88d5c7470ae-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Apply Now!, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/08/01/apply-now/#comment-27 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:03:07 +0000 Thanks for letting us know, Susan. Actually, we’ve extended the deadline to September 16. Keep those applications coming!

]]> 903b92f48b53cdc6071983c508188e1b-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Apply Now!, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/08/01/apply-now/ Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:14:38 +0000 Applications are now open for THATCamp New England. Please apply to come to the BootCamp and main unconference here. If you want to know more about the conference, see our call for participants.
We look forward […]

]]> 4d1c3c79b1f248282966a7650d1898ae-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, THATCamp New England and NERCOMP Together, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/07/02/thatcamp-new-england-and-nercomp-together/ Sat, 02 Jul 2011 15:06:55 +0000 Your local THATCamp New England organizers have gotten together with the fine folks over at NERCOMP to create a partnership that we hope will be a big help to THATCamp.

First, let me explain the problem that […]

]]> 203e5881fbf0970505bd98a8e0eec701-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, THATCamp New England 2011 Coming to Brandeis University, October 22, on the site THATCamp New England 2011 http://newengland2011.thatcamp.org/06/07/thatcamp-new-england-2011-coming-to-brandeis-university-october-22/ Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:05:45 +0000 Thumbnail

Brandeis University is pleased to announce that it will host the second annual THATCamp New England, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Department of History, Mandel Center for the Humanities, Library […]

]]> 65e20ba2b01829bd409290adc537d39c-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Dork Shorts: Get Ready Now, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/11/dork-shorts-get-ready-now/#comment-78 Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:30:42 +0000 I’m going to share a project I’m calling “American Conversion.” It’s an Omeka database of American conversion relations.

]]> b37f7ea8345f24b62f9673fa42a42791-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Dork Shorts: Get Ready Now, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/11/dork-shorts-get-ready-now/ Fri, 12 Nov 2010 02:32:24 +0000 One of the plenary sessions this weekend will be dedicated to what we call “dork shorts.” The idea is simple: anyone who wants gets two minutes to introduce a project that he or she is working on. That’s two (2) […]

]]> 03b1f754ca38a55180c2e47430f86c89-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Database Design for the Humanities, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/11/11/database-design-for-the-humanities/ Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:24:36 +0000 I’d like to discuss best practices in designing databases for humanities research. I don’t mean software that creates or depends on databases, like Omeka or WordPress for public presentation. I mean more designing […]

]]> ca0ea70cc8a6e48edf73a1d190e1bb41-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Digital scholarly communication within subfields, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/10/27/digital-scholarly-communication-within-subfields/#comment-15 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:04:41 +0000 Good session proposal, Brian. You might want to look at the American Association for History and Computing, which is also an affiliate of the AHA. Here is their website and their open-access journal.

]]> ef6b6279f2642ad8f630d225120e1436-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Do Your THATCamp Duty!, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/10/29/do-your-thatcamp-duty/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:54:28 +0000 To make an unconference like THATCamp New England work, we all have to pull our own weight. That means you have two duties:

Write a session proposal. What we’ll talk about at THATCamp depends on what you propose. […]

]]> 3e610032fc355bba15d516a3e20a2a81-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, Omeka: The New Primary Source Anthology?, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/10/29/omeka-the-new-primary-source-anthology/ Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:22:35 +0000 Thumbnail

Since I’ve begun teaching, I’ve become mildly obsessed with buying anthologies of primary sources. Until I had to get up in front of a classroom, I didn’t realize how difficult it was to select and make […]

]]> 912306f62a4931d5b2d96c92694def8d-en Lincoln Mullen commented on the post, Personal cyberinfrastructure, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/10/05/personal-cyberinfrastructure/#comment-6 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:54:38 +0000 I definitely think there is the making of a session here, Boone. If universities and colleges have a responsibility to prepare citizens, then they have a responsibility to teach online citizenship as well. I’d […]

]]> 319483c908cf655c913524ffaee421e0-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, First Batch of Acceptances, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/07/13/first-batch-of-acceptances/ Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:50:16 +0000 We’ve accepted the first batch of applicants to THATCamp New England 2010. If you applied before July, you should have received an e-mail letting you know that you’ve been accepted, and another with login details […]

]]> 6b75763594e0c0b1a99ce4843dbe0f05-en Lincoln Mullen wrote a new post, THATCamp Ground Rules, on the site THATCamp New England 2010 http://newengland2010.thatcamp.org/06/19/thatcamp-ground-rules/ Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:57:14 +0000 Tom Scheinfeldt of CHNM has published a list of three THATCamp ground rules on his blog. If you want an introduction to the ethos of THATCamp, read his post.

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