Just finished up my annual "Most Important Video Game of All Time" debate tournament in DMD 2010: History of Digital Culture. Students submit nominations (and historical reasoning) in advance. Seeding is determined by number of nominations. Each contest is decided in debate

The Kids Are Alright: My colleague, John Murphy, explores the budding realization among Gen Z that maybe their phones aren’t helping. open.substack.com/pub/johnmurphy…

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My AcadiMeet series wraps up with a final lesson: Building this app wasn't just about learning about AI. It was about recovering my identity as a builder. If you've put off a project because of fear of the first line of code, this post is for you. #AI #DH foundhistory.org/2025/11/ai-cod…

A suitcase-sized hydroelectric generator that can power 12 homes from a small stream without a dam. Why aren’t these everywhere? engineerine.com/germanys-porta…

I’ve been writing about and experimenting with AI a lot lately. It figures much less prominently in my teaching. But as we approach the end of the semester in my History of Digital Culture class, it just so happens that AI was on the syllabus today. foundhistory.org/2025/11/ten-th…

After 20 years of blogging, the new Found History is live and reimagined as a newsletter! Please subscribe at foundhistory.org #dh #digitalhumanities #newsletter #blog #history #technology #design

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I'm at #DLFForum today grappling with the AI paradox: we hate Big AI's extractive practices but people are using these tools anyway. Anil Dash’s piece on Mozilla offers a way forward: Don't just protest, build better alternatives. foundhistory.org/learning-from-…

Have you ever wanted to talk to an archive? I've prototyped an AI “reference interview assistant” and scanning request workflow for institutions that use ArchivesSpace. Read more at Found History (please subscribe!) and if you want a demo, please DM. foundhistory.org/making-an-ai-f…

Universities treat commercially viable research as business—patenting, licensing, and spinning off. It’s time to treat big-time college sports the same way. It's time to treat the football team as "tech transfer." #HigherEd #CollegeSports #TechTransfer foundhistory.org/a-solution-for…

Right now, a late-November game between two 2-8 teams is meaningless. In my vision, it’s a fight for survival. Let’s adopt the English soccer pyramid for college football. Premier Division. Second Division. Promotion and Relegation. Every game matters. foundhistory.org/how-to-pick-a-…

I’m reading Dan Wang’s “Breakneck,” which says China is run by engineers and America by lawyers. But look at who actually built American tech and finance. We are not a nation of lawyers OR engineers. We are a nation of the Liberal Arts. foundhistory.org/we-are-a-natio…

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Apple's focus on perfection is at odds with the messiness of generative AI. My latest newsletter foundhistory.org/does-the-iphon… #Apple #AI #iPhone #Innovation #History #Technology

First issue of "Found History (Briefly Noted)" on the iPhone in an UI-less world; the folly of RETVRN; the role of the grant proposal; creativity and AI; and more is out! Read my the post and subscribe to the newsletter! foundhistory.substack.com/p/briefly-note…

Like it or not, a new world for archives and historical scholarship is here. New at Found History: foundhistory.org/handwriting-re… #AI #Archives #History #DH #Gemini #Transcription