We did it – again! Thanks to all the W13 campers for participating – I hope you all enjoyed it. A big thanks also to…

Sydney Shep for helping me with the organisation…

Flora Feltham, Sara Bryan and Thomas Koentges for the extra helping hands on the day…

THATCamp HQ for the support and resources…

and our generous sponsors InternetNZ, Victoria University of Wellington, and Wai-te-ata Press for enabling us to keep registration budget-friendly.

Here are a few THATCamp W13 photos to make you smile, and a few things you might be interested in checking out between now and the next one…

Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH)

aaDH conference, Perth, 18–21 March 2014

Digital Humanities courses at University of Canterbury from 2014

Stay tuned for the next one @thatcampwgtn

Facilitator: Murray Hemi

I’d like to talk about audience. How do you use or match your publication/digital platform with the audience you are wanting to access. Is there any data or research undertaken with the NZ public to understand how different demographics are engaging with digital information sources – what platforms and how?

Note: afternoon session

If you’re new to the THATCamp scene, you might be wondering how to facilitate a session. This is entirely up to you, but here are a few suggestions…

Camper introductions

• Who are you?
• Where do you come from?
• What do you know about the session topic?
• What would you like to get out of the session?

Plan the session

• How are we going to record our ideas? (whiteboard/notepads/Google docs/something else)
• What are our session objectives? (write these down)

Go for it!

Learn, share, hack, build, brainstorm…

 Wrap up

• What are our takeaways?
• What this session useful?
• Do we need more time? We could use another session to continue…

Whether you’re new to the concept of crowdsourcing, or you’ve been thinking about a potential project for a while, there’s nothing like actually joining the crowd and taking part to get inspired.

Some fantastic new GLAM and Digital Humanities crowdsourcing projects have launched over the past year – I propose we spend some time contributing to a few, and then down tools to discuss what we like about them, what works well, and what doesn’t work so well.

Who’s in?

Welcome to our new campers, it’s great to have you aboard!

With less than two weeks to go until W13, it’s time to start thinking about the sessions we would like to propose and participate in.

To help you get started, check out the tips at Session Proposals

Remember, a THATCamp is what we make it!

With new campers signing up every day, I was getting curious about what this year’s THATCamp Wellington might look like. Nothing like a little word-clouding to get the big picture (campers’ motivation for attending + Voyant Cirrus = big picture).

So if new + digital + technology + humanities + data + research + people + projects = YOU…

and you haven’t already signed up…

It’s not too late! All you need to do is tell us a little about yourself and what you’re interested in right here.

Welcome to the the first keen bean campers, who have shared why they’re looking forward to THATCamp Wellington 2013. Perhaps you share similar interests…

• Data visualisation
• Social networks
• Text mining
• Ontologies
• Access
• Crowdsourcing
• Hacking/coding for newbies
• Hear about new projects
• Innovation in the humanities
• New digital tools and technologies

What would you like to add to the mix? Share your ideas when you sign up here.

W13 is being held on Thursday 28 November, in the Railway Building on Pipitea Campus, Victoria University of Wellington (Bunny Street).

Thanks to the generosity of our major sponsor InternetNZ, and the help of Victoria University of Wellington and Wai-te-ata Press, we’re able to keep registration to a budget-friendly $25. This will be collected on the day, and invoices and receipts can be arranged then too.

We’ll be rolling up our sleeves for a full day, from around 8.30am to 5.30pm, with post-match drinks to follow. The schedule is what we make it, but the day will roughly break down like this.

Once you’ve signed up, start thinking about the kind of session you’re going to propose. To help you get started, check out these tips.

Questions? Ideas? Drop me a line any time at thatcampwgtn@gmail.com or @thatcampwgtn

We’re open for business! Yes folks, the wait is over and you can now sign up to be part of THATCamp Wellington 2013.

This year it is being held on Thursday 28 November, in the Railway Building on Pipitea Campus, Victoria University of Wellington (Bunny Street).

Thanks to the generosity of our major sponsor InternetNZ, and the help of Victoria University of Wellington and Wai-te-ata Press, we’re able to keep registration to a budget-friendly $25. This will be collected on the day, and invoices and receipts can be arranged then too.

We’ll be rolling up our sleeves for a full day, from around 8.30am to 5.30pm, with post-match drinks to follow. The schedule is what we make it, but the day will roughly break down like this.

Once you’ve signed up, start thinking about the kind of session you’re going to propose. To help you get started, check out these tips.

Questions? Ideas? Drop me a line any time at thatcampwgtn@gmail.com or @thatcampwgtn

We had such a great time last year – let’s do it again! THATCamp Wellington 2013 will be held on Thurs 28 November at Victoria University, after the National Digital Forum conference at Te Papa.

If you’re keen to attend, mark the date and stay tuned to @thatcampwgtn for updates. And if you haven’t been to a THATCamp before, that’s ok! Start with this video, take a look around, and all will be revealed…