by hynes1 | Jul 11, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Dear future CURI Student, Warm Salutations! I hope this letter finds you well. If you are reading this, you either are a future CURI student or are interested in what I have to say to a future CURI student, so I will direct this letter to the former. First of all,...
by Stella Li | Jul 10, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Data entry can be both easy and tricky, and I wrestle with it every time I do it. Now that half of our summer research has past, it won’t hurt to share some of my experience and lessons with future CURI fellows who will definitely have so much fun in dealing...
by Stella Li | Jul 10, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
Bottleneck: a point of hindrance or slowing down The opening weeks of this summer were pleasing and smooth. The campus was quiet and the weather was friendly. Everyday our team imported numerous new entries into our database, and beyond this we discussed readings,...
by Sam Parker | Jul 8, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
From now on, rule number one is “no shortcuts.” No more trying to do the same work with less effort, no more ending up with a lower quality product. Maybe shortcuts work for some people, but they don’t work for me! Especially not the ones inspired by...
by hynes1 | Jun 24, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
While it seems like the words “digital” and “humanities” should remain in their respective spheres of intellectual study, the interdisciplinary phenomenon of the digital humanities comes with the budding age of limitless data flowing at our...
by Sam Parker | Jun 22, 2016 | CURI Summer 2016
For the past few weeks, we have been struggling with the same great question that confronts all researchers: how can we bring our data to life? After months of digging in the desert, a team of paleontologists must decide how to display the dinosaur skeleton they...
