I had set aside Saturday (in Australia) to take care of whole range of work that I have not had time for yet on this tip, and I was also hoping to find some time Monday (in Japan). But Saturday morning my laptop decided that it did not want to do this anymore. I have [...]

I have very dependent on having access to computers and networks. When I am at home there is a lot of redundancy. I have access to several laptop and desktop computers. When traveling a normally only have one laptop with me, and I use it all the time. On this trip I have had some [...]

I am in the café again working on a part of my article that deals with information technology as a tool in digital humanities. I am trying to come up with a framework for analyzing different kinds of tools. What makes a tool innovative? How can the material qualities of a tool be articulated? On [...]