DigVentures – Funding Target Reached – What Now?
The crowdfunded archaeology project has confounded its detractors by reaching the full amount of funding within the allotted time – we catch...
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Writing In The Age Of Distraction
Author: Cory Doctorow. Please see the bottom of the post for release notes and more by this author. We know...
Why the Publication of Archaeology 2.0 has Important Implications for the Future of Academic Publishing
A New Publishing Model? For those of you interested in how information has been transmitted from place to place throughout...
Academic Publishing and Profit Squeezing – a Way Out.
I just Skyped Dr. George Nash to ask what kind of financial return he gets from having a paper published...
Digital Disengagement (leave some behind).
As I write this I have a Google Doc open on another screen, apparently writing itself, as participants in this...
Good Enough is Perfect.
The animator and director John Lasseter has been quoted as saying that Pixar films are never finished, they just get...
Defining Digital Archaeology.
There are inherent difficulties when defining an object/discipline. I’ve written about it elsewhere, using the word ‘henge’ as an example...
Henges – The Archaeology of Etymology (or vice versa).
Thomas Kendrick made a number of contributions to society. His study of anthropology was ironically interrupted in 1914 by the...
DigVentures – Social Archaeology
After a Facebook/Twitter teaser trailer campaign, DigVentures revealed its intentions to the world with the announcement that it was intending to run...
The Bluestonehenge Reconstruction (II).
I’m rewriting this blog piece for two reasons. The first is that I’ve had some time to reflect on what...