“If Hippos be the Dude of Love…”: Serendip-o-matic at Digital Humanities 2014

On 10 July 2014, I had the great chance to present a paper at the Digital Humanities Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, “Play as Process and Product: On Making Serendip-o-matic.” The paper was a collaboration between four of the 12 team members from One Week | One Tool: Amy Papaelias, Mia Ridge, Scott Kleinman, and myself. … Continue reading “If Hippos be the Dude of Love…”: Serendip-o-matic at Digital Humanities 2014 →

Day 5 of OWOT: We Did It! (Can We Do It Again? Please??)

As you might have gathered from the Twitter storm that barreled out of Fairfax, Virginia, this afternoon, we released and launched the fabulous, amazing Serendip-o-matic. One of the great things about living in the 21st century is that we have a ton of materials open and available to us in digital formats that have been collected … Continue reading Day 5 of OWOT: We Did It! (Can We Do It Again? Please??) →

Announcing Serendip-o-matic

I'm ecstatic to announce that the One Week | One Tool team has just launched Serendip-o-matic. Go and play. More soon. And remember, it's not search; it's serendipity!

Day 4 of OWOT: Stay Gold, Ponyboy

All right. You know the drill. Let me just say that today's been a long day. We're so close that I think we're all super excited, but we know there's still quite a bit of work to get done. Which explains why it's not just me who's awake at this point. As I start blogging, … Continue reading Day 4 of OWOT: Stay Gold, Ponyboy →

Day 3 of OWOT: Of Names and Stories and Gophers

Two hours ago, I had to ask someone what day it was. But now that it's almost midnight, I'm finding myself drawn once again to the blank page of the blog post. Or rather, I appear to be treating the idea of blogging every day of One Week | One Tool as some sort of dare … Continue reading Day 3 of OWOT: Of Names and Stories and Gophers →