When Tom Grosh and I launched the Emerging Scholars Blog last August, we had some ideas about what we wanted to write about, but very few ideas about what others would want to read or discuss. After 9 months and over 150 posts, we have a much better idea about what topics resonate with the community that is gathering around this blog. We've also learned the importance of consistency in blogging. We know how frustrating it can be to visit one of your favorite websites for new content and not finding any. So, today we … [Read more...] about Announcing a Few Changes Around Here (Updated)
housekeeping
New Related Posts Feature
Yesterday, I added a new feature to the blog that will generate a list of possibly related posts for the post you're reading. I think it might be a nice way to find other blog posts that you're interested in, but it could also be distracting. (After all, you probably have other important things to do than just reading this blog!) Let me know what you think in the poll below, and any other thoughts you might have in the comments. [poll id="3"] … [Read more...] about New Related Posts Feature
New User Registration System
We've been getting some strange new user registrations, so I've just added reCAPTCHA to the blog's commenting and registration features. reCAPTCHA is more than just an annoying little set of letters to type, though - it was developed at Carnegie Mellon to assist with the digitization of scanned books. Each time you complete one of these little forms, you're helping make archival materials from the Internet Archive (a great source for public domain books and Grateful Dead shows, among other things) more accessible. How … [Read more...] about New User Registration System
Comments Are Fixed
We apologize if you have tried to comment on any posts. We weren't just pretending to be open to dialogue while secretly preferring a monologue: there was a bug in the blog software preventing comments from posting. But it's all fixed now! Amen! … [Read more...] about Comments Are Fixed