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) minutes as in 120 seconds, not two minutes as in ten minutes. You’ll have the use of a web browser projected on screen, and that’s it. It’s a great way to get a quick look at a lot of projects.
If you’re interested, leave a comment below, or sign up on Saturday morning. We’ll have as many presentations as we have time, first come, first served.
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Elisabeth Nevins
November 11, 2010 at 9:59 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I’d be happy to share the prototype website that I project managed/help develop while at the Old North Foundation. It was a partnership with MIT’s Hyperstudio and Myriad Inc. and a whole crew of researchers and funded through a NEH Digital Start-up Grant.
The prototype is exactly that. A very basic, functional representation of what we hope to do but kind of awkward and without 98% of the bells and whistles that we want. This is my main objective for THATCamp: to come out with a better understanding of what we need to do to pull together all the people with the skills we’ll need to take this to the next level.
Doug Steward
November 12, 2010 at 9:02 am (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I would like to receive feedback on how we can make the next edition of the MLA Guide to Doctoral Programs in English and Other Modern Languages more user-friendly, helpful, and born digital while at the same time easing the burden on participating departments when they submit program information.
Konrad
November 12, 2010 at 11:21 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
Would love to share a project I’m calling Prosopa for creating biographical databases.
Lincoln Mullen
November 12, 2010 at 11:30 pm (UTC 0) Link to this comment
I’m going to share a project I’m calling “American Conversion.” It’s an Omeka database of American conversion relations.