- I'm a digital archivist at the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) in the Office of Strategic Initiatives at the Library of Congress and a doctoral student at GMU. I'm interested in online communities, digital history, and video games. I blog on this site, and at playthepast.org. Views expressed are not those of any current or former employer.
Recent Comments
- Debating the Digital Humanities Gets Real | Trevor Owens on Digital History: The Course That Never Ends
- Joanne Manaster (@sciencegoddess) on Ancient Wisdom from the Forums: Failures of Collective Intelligence
- Fran on Techies You Decide! You’re either a Feminist or a Misogynist
- tjowens on Techies You Decide! You’re either a Feminist or a Misogynist
- Ted on Techies You Decide! You’re either a Feminist or a Misogynist
-
Twitter: tjowens
- @deweeeese I kinda want to use it to go on a davinci code style romp. Chasing hidden meaning behind everyday life. about 5 hours ago from Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to deweeeese ReplyRetweetFavorite
- @deweeeese glad you liked it! Such a mind blowing thing you guys made about 6 hours ago from Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to deweeeese ReplyRetweetFavorite
- @wragge exciting! Can't wait to here about the results :) about 6 hours ago from Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to wragge ReplyRetweetFavorite
- @acdha @ccostino @shawnr indeed let's get this on the calender. @shawnr should do a podcast on it about 10 hours ago from Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to acdha ReplyRetweetFavorite
- @dancohen Re nGram phrases I stand by "The United States are" vs. "The United States is" as my fav search http://t.co/T8ag7vDZ about 14 hours ago from Tweetbot for iPhone in reply to dancohen ReplyRetweetFavorite
On typos
I blog because I want to. I don't get paid to do this. It isn't fancy like that. I am also not a particularly careful editor. I just wasn't wired that way. Every once and a while I get an email from someone who points out typos in my text. Sometimes they apologize for sending me those comments. I am always deeply grateful to them. If you see a typo, misspelling, or otherwise grammatically incorrect issue on my site and send me an email I will be thrilled. I will thank you. My email is trevor dot johnowens at gmail do com.
Category Archives: History
Debating the Digital Humanities Gets Real
My author copies of Debating the Digital Humanities came in today. It’s humbling to have some of my words included in such a hefty tome. I’ve been reading and enjoying it, great stuff. Beyond being a useful volume, it’s also … Continue reading
Posted in History, Teaching
Leave a comment
Tripadvisor Rates Einstein: Traces of Public Memory and Science on the Web
Arguing with Einstein is one of my favorite photos of the Albert Einstein memorial. It encapsulates how some of the sculptor’s intentions, his argument about Einstein and science, manifest themselves in an invitation to argue with a statue. The seated statue … Continue reading
Defining Data for Humanists: Text, Artifact, Information or Evidence?
Fred and I got some fantastic comments on our Hermeneutics of Data and Historical Writing paper through the Writing History in the Digital Age open peer review. We are currently working on revising the manuscript. At this point I have … Continue reading
Posted in History, Science, Teaching
Leave a comment
Ancient Wisdom from the Forums: Failures of Collective Intelligence
A while back, I wrote about how the shame you are supposed to feel when someone uses Let Me Google That For You illustrates how finding answers to your questions on the knowledge base that is the internet has become a distinct … Continue reading
Posted in History, Note to historians of the future
Tagged collective intelligence, distributed cognition, forums, xkcd
1 Comment
The Digital Humanities Are Already on Kickstarter
I have been talking with a lot of historians, librarians, archivists and curators about the possibility of using Kickstarter to fund digital humanities and digital library, archive, and museum projects. If you are unfamiliar, Kickstarter is a site and tool … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tools, History
1 Comment
When did we become users?
We live in an era of user experience of user centered design. We have a range of usernames for everything from Facebook to our banking websites. We tacitly sign End-user License Agreements as we click our way around the web. … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tools, History, Research Projects
5 Comments
The digital humanities as the DIY humanities
A few months back I participated in my forth year of the humanities and technology camp at the Center for History and New Media. This year the conference ended with a bake off. Many of the definitions of the digital … Continue reading
On Writing, Making and Mining: Digital History Class Projects
This is the forth post in a multi-post series reflecting on the digital history course I taught last semester at American University. For more on this you can read initial post about the course, the course syllabus, my posts on … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Tools, Education, History
Tagged making, mining, teaching, thinking, writing
3 Comments
Digital History: The Course That Never Ends
This is the third post in a multi-post series reflecting on the digital history course I taught this Semester at American University. For more on this you can read initial post about the course, the course syllabus, my first post … Continue reading
Why A Public Course Group Blog? Reflections on My Digital History Course
This spring I had the pleasure of teaching a digital history seminar at American University. This post is the first in a multi-post series reflecting on teaching the course. For some context, I have posted the course description bellow. For more on this … Continue reading