Category Archives: Technology Ideas

Spark tools and their support for audio and video.

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

The new Digital Design Studio in Tisch Library is allowing Tufts community members to produce all kinds of exciting, original media. Many people wonder what comes next after they have produced their files. Where can I publish them within the … Continue reading →

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HandBrake: nice open source video conversion tool.

Posted on April 7, 2011 by

I’m often asked to get video off of a DVD recording of a lecture or presentation so that it can be used with the Spark MediaMarkup tool or embedded into a web site (e.g. blog, wiki, course system etc.) HandBrake … Continue reading →

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HTML 5 and Javascript Adventures – Part 1

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

After my last post where I was whining about getting traction for an idea for an alternative visualization of oral history data I decided I’d just stop whining and use it as an opportunity to look into HTML5 multimedia capabilities. … Continue reading →

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Oral History Data Mining and Remixing

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Version 1 of our Visualizing Oral Histories project found us with a really nice interface for scholars with an interest in the oral history of decolonization of West Bengal and Bangladesh. The interface and the back-end provide a platform that … Continue reading →

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Embedding music into your blog/wiki/course site.

Posted on March 8, 2011 by

A few months ago the site Grooveshark was brought to my attention (via one of my favorite music discovery sites. According to Wikipedia, “Grooveshark is an internationally available online music search engine, music streaming service and music recommendation web software … Continue reading →

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