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Justin Anderson wrote a new blog post Evolution of Fairport Central School District in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 4 months ago
With this project, I sought to compare the spread of district schools in Perinton to that of the centralized schools in Fairport, New York. Construction of the Erie Canal was completed in 1825 in New York state. […]
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Justin Anderson wrote a new blog post Progress: Evolution along the Erie Canal in the group Digital Humanities: 6 years, 5 months ago
My DH project is interconnected with my research in Dr. Steet’s INTD 203: Social Foundations of American Education. I am looking into the impact of the Erie Canal’s construction on population redistribution in […]
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Justin Anderson replied to the topic Vannevar Bush's Memex in the forum Digital Humanities 6 years, 7 months ago
- In his article, Vannevar Bush details the struggle to keep up with and remain versed in the exponentially increasing library of data as time goes on. The memex, as theorized by Bush, would allow a user to interact with a system of tools and screens on a bench to create and manipulate metadata and organize library materials and articles. A…
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Justin Anderson replied to the topic Gleick on Information in the forum Digital Humanities 6 years, 7 months ago
- Until recently, I have always thought of computers as mailboxes that send away requests for data then receive the results. Gleick’s chapter and my own personal studies on computers have shown me the sheer amount of processing that goes on within my devices. Additionally, I don’t always think of my phone as a computer. My current description of…
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Justin Anderson replied to the topic Gleick on Words in the forum Digital Humanities 6 years, 7 months ago
- The fact in the chapter that surprised me most was the lack of alphabetization of words and texts up to a certain point in history. In modern times, it only seems logical that groups of information should be placed in alphabetical or numerical order by default. Organization of metadata has come a long way over the centuries and I can’t imagine…
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Justin Anderson joined the group Digital Humanities 6 years, 7 months ago
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Justin Anderson became a registered member 6 years, 7 months ago