Last Wednesday I spent a good 45 minutes Skyping with Modupe Labode’s public history class at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The class is focused specifically on the Civil War and public history and includes both undergraduate and graduate students. Students were required to read the first chapter of my Crater book, but we managed to [...]
social networking
Over the years I’ve come to consider a small number of you as part of my online family. I read your comments with great interest and I’ve learned a great deal as a result. Our online communities are all too often shaped by the worst elements in our society such as ignorance, hatred, and dishonesty. [...]
The other day I posted two videos of some of the most respected Civil War historians writing today. The group had taken part in a conference sponsored by the Citadel and were asked to share some thoughts about popular misconceptions of the war as well as the upcoming sesquicentennial. Anyone familiar with Civil War scholarship [...]
The other day I posted tweet no. 3,000 and thought I might take a few minutes to talk about what I find so valuable about this particular tool. Twitter is by far my favorite social networking site. While I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends, and it’s a place where I can have [...]
