“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” – Milan Kundera I was recently talking with a medievalist in the Graduate Center’s English program, Chris …
Author: Sam O'Hana
Sam is a doctoral candidate in English at the CUNY Graduate Center, researching creative lifespans. He previously worked in public programming at Howl! Arts and the Bowery Poetry Club.
The Right to Repair: Why We Should be Given the Information and Tools to Repair our Personal Electronics
“[…] the change may be illustrated by the difference between a craftsman of the old type, who selected the proper tool for a delicate piece of work, and the worker …
My experience at the DRI
I panicked early on the morning of the Digital Research Institute (DRI), a mere half hour before the very first session. I had installed all R packages the previous afternoon …
GCDI and Comp Sci Visualization Seminar: The Book of Circles
Tomorrow the Graduate Center Digital Initiatives and the Computer Science department welcome designer, author, lecturer based in NYC, RSA fellow, TED speaker, founder of Visual Complexity, design lead @Google Manuel …
Applications for Digital Research Institute due APRIL 22nd!!!
REMINDER!!! April 22nd is the LAST DAY to apply for the June Digital Research Institute. Join the GC Digital Fellows from June 6-10, 2016 for a five-day intensive course in …
Create Your (FREE) Website Using Github and Jekyll
Learn how to create and host your own website using Github and Jekyll
Upcoming Workshop (3/15): Establishing a Digital Identity & WordPress I
Establishing a Digital Identity and WordPress I Tuesday, March 15th 6:30-8:30pm The purpose of this workshop is to help you establish a digital academic identity while becoming familiar with the …
Introduction to Web Frameworks
This workshop will teach you the basics of using various web frameworks to build your web application or service.
The Complexity of Machine Writing
It is a commonplace that computers will only do what human beings tell them and that they require clear, unambiguous instructions. In practice, however, instructions that are simple and clear …
Finding Digital Archives
Last time, I talked about some of the ways that scholars can get the most out of the search features of large collections of books that are available online. In …
