Dear beginners to Digital Humanities and non-coder academics, I have some good news for you: you can begin your digital humanities project and explore different tools before you learn to …
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Think Like a Coder
Imagine if I gave you a list of items and asked whether it contained a particular element. If it were, say, a list of ingredients, you would probably have no …
Geochicas: beyond map making
In the last Digital Fellows’ post, Anna Corbett shared a wonderful post on Mapping and Its Discontents. Here I write shortly about Geochicas, an international trans-inclusive community of women that …
Mapping and its Discontents – Denaturalizing the Map in Cartographic History Part 1
Maps are an incredibly useful tool. They allow us to both analyze and communicate our research, and help us easily decide between (and then change) the various qualities, behaviors, attributes, …
Creating Visual Novels with Python and Ren’Py
Visual Novels (VN) are an increasingly popular form of interactive fiction, now often hitting the tops of the Steam (computer game marketplace) charts in sales. To deliver their story, visual …
Death of a Project
Hello, I’m Leanne and I’m a recalcitrant ITP (Interactive Technology Pedagogy) student and these are my stories… One of the programs I was most excited for, coming to the GC, …
Building Your First Database in SQL – GC Digital Fellows
Building Your First Database in SQL Creating a database is a fundamental skill for most social science and humanities researchers, and PostgreSQL is an excellent choice to get started with …
Opening our house, opening our lab! – GC Digital Fellows
Opening our house, opening our lab! On September 6th, friendly conversations about digital tools, methods, and opportunities at the GC lit up room 7414 at the GC. For the second …
The GCDI Guide to Password Management – GC Digital Fellows
The GCDI Guide to Password Management Graduate Center students! Don’t sleep on the absurd number of usernames and passwords you will be required to remember! Think you can just keep …