Python is an incredible simple yet powerful programming language that is widely used in Digital Humanities community. With Python scripting, one can instantaneously do work that would otherwise require hours of manual labor. In this post, I will explain the basics… Continue Reading
As most web users these days know, Google is ubiquitous. The company runs the largest online search engine, developed the most popular smartphone software, and has gracefully adopted and led in use of “the cloud”, which is the basis of… Continue Reading
Confession: I have mixed feelings about coding. Very mixed feelings. On one hand, I find the idea that in order to be a valuable 21th century person, coding is somehow necessary to be a frustrating one. Apparently, to be a… Continue Reading
Humanities students should learn to code. Programming is about building models and virtual realities. Scholars and students of the Humanities have created virtual realities in the form of literature for hundreds of years. In an article arguing that humanities students… Continue Reading
“Computers should not be black boxes but rather understood as engines for creating powerful and persuasive models of the world around us. The world around us (and inside us) is something we in the humanities have been interested in for… Continue Reading
