Category Archives: Community
Success in Inventare il Futuro Competition
By James Harriman-Smith and Primavera De Filippi On the 11th July, the Open Literature (now Open Humanities) mailing list got an email about a competition being run by the University of Bologna called ‘Inventare il Futuro’ or ‘Inventing the Future’. … Continue reading
Shakespeare and the Internet
From Monday 12th September to Monday 10th October, Open Shakespeare will host a series of articles on the topic of ‘Shakespeare and the Internet’. When we invited contributions, the theme was deliberately kept as broad as possible in order to … Continue reading
Text Camp 2011
The Open Knowledge Foundation’s first ever Text Camp will be taking place this Saturday 13th August, thanks to JISC offering us the use of their meeting rooms in London. Details Where? Brettenham House, 9 Savoy Street, WC2E 7EG, London. – … Continue reading
Announcing… Text Camp 2011
The OKF’s first ever ‘Text Camp’ hopes to bring together many different people, all interested in the relationship between digital technologies and literature, with a strong focus on the creation of open knowledge. When? 13th August 2011, 10am – 6pm … Continue reading
“Time travels in diverse paces”: An Update on Open Shakespeare
May and a month that has only belatedly met the standard of what Shakespeare calls “hot Junes” have passed since last I wrote an update about Open Shakespeare. As ever, quite a bit has been done on the project, and … Continue reading
Open Shakespeare: March and April
Annotation Sprint II Our second annotation sprint, taking place at the end of Cambridge University term attracted contributions from all over the internet, particularly from the States. In Cambridge itself, our volunteers continued working on Hamlet, bringing the total number … Continue reading
Announcing…Annotation Sprint II
Change Criticism Forever – Participate in the next Open Shakespeare Annotation Sprint Our modus operandi is the same as ever: all the instructions are here. Following on from the first annotation sprint, we will be annotating Hamlet On Saturday 19th … Continue reading
Minutes of Meeting: 2011-2-13
Present: JHS, JB, RP Annotation Sprint Overall, a success, but could certainly benefit from an extended period of build-up and publicity. A radio report on the event can be found here: http://www.camfm.co.uk/player/player.php?epid=754 TCS (The Cambridge Student Newspaper) published an article … Continue reading
How to Participate in the Annotation Sprint
The votes are in! We are annotating Hamlet Until 11:30am you can: Vote for the play to be annotated Any feedback, or thoughts? Use the etherpad to leave your thoughts about the event. How to Participate Step 0: Check your … Continue reading
Online Editions of Shakespeare
The story of Shakespeare on the internet is a tangled tale, and this post is an attempt to unravel it. In expounding the advantages and shortcomings of online editions, I hope also to explain a few of the problems Open … Continue reading