Historical Storytelling with Twine
In the classroom environment, it can be difficult to create engaging materials that allow students to learn about the multi-causal…
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The Schedule of the Digital Orientalisms Twitter Conference 2019, #DOsTC
Today, I have the pleasure to announce the schedule of the Digital Orientalist’s Digital Orientalism Twitter Conference (#DOsTC) which will…
The Outlook for ADLaM
Back in the 1980’s, as the story goes, two Fulani brothers growing up in Guinea took it upon themselves to…
Creating a “Launcher” Extension for Google Chrome
Users of Google Chrome have long been able to customize their browsing experiences by installing extensions; small pieces of software…
Minding Mende
A fair amount of source material in the Kikakui script of the Mende language of Sierra Leone has just been…
Japanese Text Segmentation and Analysis with Web ChaMame
In recent years, numerous pieces of open-source software for the segmentation and morphological analysis of Japanese text have been developed including…
A close look at N’ko
One of the more curious African scripts around is one that I was introduced to by Joe Lauer, a librarian…
Online Resources for Ancient Mesopotamia?
There has been a big push in recent years to make more academic research and resources openly-available. This is fantastic…
Google Translate with One Click (Mac)
Yes we all know; Google translator is best described as “quick and dirty”. Nonetheless, we all use it because it…
On books and electricity
This guest-post comes from Louise Gallorini (American University of Beirut) and reflects on the value of holding an actual, physical,…