Digital History Lab

The digital history lab at @illinoistech is an initiative headed by Prof. Mar Hicks (@histoftech) to engage broader publics with academic histories.

[Contingent Magazine @contingent_mag]

What history documentary had the biggest impact on you as a kid?

[Digital History Lab @digihistorylab]

historians' shorthand

[Digital History Lab @digihistorylab]

😅 https://t.co/CQFytHDkWI

[@JohnMashey@(mstdn.social,bsky.social) John Mashey @JohnMashey]

@ajmarquis @histoftech @Aidan_Power_ @facebook @katemiltner 5/ First quexstion was from eager beaver guy in back: "We've learned Java, C++, etc, etc. Which language is most important out there in industry?"
Me: Sigh. You're not going to like the answer ... English.
Woman next to him pokes him in ribs, says "See."

[joy robinson @njoying]

Please participate in this research study about technical and professional communication keywords. This study is IRB approved: https://t.co/3NHxkJRiUn @Halcyon_L @libbyh @karlstolley @rebeccaburnett

[UCSD Communication @UCSDComm]

Media historian Dr. Caroline Jack @cjack will join the UC San Diego Department of Communication this fall as Assistant Professor in Critical Studies of Technology, Media, and Persuasion. Jack is currently a Postdoc @datasociety and received a PhD from @CornellUComm #welcome

[Ben Gross @bhgross144]

Can extinct species come to the #ArchivesAnimals party? Because if so, @LindaHall_org would like to invite these Archaeopteryx which we found in the A.B. Nichols Panama Canal Collection! https://t.co/2c4NuAFFQR #histSTM #sciart #paleoart #FossilFriday #ArchivesHashtagParty

[Maria Falaschi @mfalaschi]

Admittedly, the creative/print geek in me LOVES this! 🤓 #printgeek #printisnotdead #reuseandrepurpose https://t.co/VYyaeP21Fc

[Digital History Lab @digihistorylab]

💚 https://t.co/YEmHaSBOqu

[Professor Buzzkill History Podcast @buzzkillprof]

When did computer dating start? Who invented it? Prof Marie Hicks @histoftech enlightens us! Get your punch cards ready and listen here: https://t.co/b1iW0PuyPT #OperationMatch #JoanBall @Match @okcupid @Tinder @OurTimeDating #ValentinesDay

[Programmed Inequality @proginequality]

For February 13, aka #GalentinesDay, why not listen to a podcast about how a woman created the first computer dating business? https://t.co/PD1ICZernA

#Galentines #Galentine #WomenInTechnology #WomeninSTEM #Computing #History #Valentine #valentines #ValentinesDay @buzzkillprof

[Illinois Tech Archives @IITArchives]

1963. A course for high school seniors in the design, operation, and potential use of the electronic computer will be offered for the first time at IIT

[Eileen Clancy @clancynewyork]

@polemic https://t.co/NMmwIXHbyk

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video: mathematician & poli scientist
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[ABC Radio National @RadioNational]

Why the typewriter was a feminist liberation machine https://t.co/eegrQs5h2I via @feraldata @fredachiu #Boyers2017