#DigitalHistory is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 10 people shared 15 posts with it — around 1 a day. Activity is up 0% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 13 with 3 posts.

Posts with #DigitalHistory

Internet Archive

@archive.org

over 1 year ago

Remember Blockbuster? 📼📀 Once, there were over 9,000 stores across the globe; now only one remains. 🌎️ Blockbuster․com too is a shadow of its former self. Explore the web's past with the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org #DotComEra #DigitalHistory #90snostaliga

Wayback Machine captures of the Blockbuster video rental site on December 24, 1996 and January 17, 2025.

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Internet Archive

@archive.org

over 1 year ago

Mark Graham (@mark.bsky.social), director of the #WaybackMachine, explains how the Wayback Machine archives over half a billion pages daily to ensure vital information remains accessible. Full video ➡️ youtu.be/ETpNMXeiR7c #InternetArchive #DigitalHistory #Preservation

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Internet Archive

@archive.org

over 1 year ago

✈️ This article by Simple Flying used the #WaybackMachine to revisit early airline websites—simple, static pages with schedules and fares. As the web evolved, so did airlines' online presence. ➡️ simpleflying.com/1st-airl…. #AviationHistory #DigitalHistory #Preservation

Screenshot of the article Way Back: 10 Early Airline Websites From The 1990s from Simple Flying

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Daniel Bellingradt

@dbellingradt.bsky.social

over 2 years ago

Seasonal greetings for both the #bookhistory and #digitalhistory folks: a keyboard waffle iron. 🗃️

A waffle iron that forms keyboard waffles.

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British History Online

@bho.bsky.social

1 day ago

Once again, on digital academic resources falling offline: Lost resources lukemckernan.com/2026/06/…. NB: Worth reading the response in the comments from the "Learing On Screen' chair; but really this information should be easily discoverable on the LoS site. #DigitalHistory

lukemckernan.com

Lost resources

To lose one database is a misfortune; to lose four feels like a conspiracy. Recently three online databases and one audiovisual digital archive with underlying database, on each of which I worked f…

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Internet Archive

@archive.org

3 months ago

In the ’90s, AOL reached millions through a very analog kind of marketing: free trial CDs mailed straight to households. 💿 Those ubiquitous discs introduced an whole generation to email, chat rooms, instant messaging, and the early web. AOL #DigitalHistory #InternetHistory #90sNostalgia

An America Online version 3.0 installation CD-ROM designed in the loud, sunburst style of a detergent box or supermarket promotional label, in orange, navy, and yellow, offering 50 free hours, compatible with Windows and Macintosh.

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Daniel Bellingradt

@dbellingradt.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

Never mind, I'll consult the physical book. #bookhistory #digitalhistory

A scan from an early modern book where lots went wrong. You cannot read the text, and you see a finger that has been removed by a software.

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Rachel Midura

@rmidura.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Digging back through old notes and I re-found my favorite example of how #earlymodern postal officials were absolutely thinking in terms of networks 🤩 #digitalhistory #dataviz 🗃️

A hand-drawn network connects Italian cities as nodes by messengers run on timetables as edges

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Daniel Bellingradt

@dbellingradt.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

Have a closer look: you see a scanned hand where an old book should be, and also you see the work of a finger image removal technology autocorrecting the scanning thumbs. Yes, the thumb is pixelized, and the rest of the hand can be seen in full glory. Halleluja! #bookhistory #digitalhistory

A scanned hand is shown. The thumb is pixelized. This image was likely taked in Munich, at the BSB, and is part of the digital copy of VD17 12:627237R. Source: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb10349690?page=11

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British History Online

@bho.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Can't be stressed enough: what's on the web isn't permanent. Always download your own copies. Use Zotero from @digitalscholar.bsky.social to grab webpages, PDFs, etc. Mirror webpages with the WaybackMachine from @archive.org #DigitalHistory 🗃️

Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social

We're probably going to see more of these sudden removals caused by panic-induced changes of policy further upstream. If you're using an online resource that's really important to your research, this is the moment to get your plan B in place. Eg: is there a data download, or an alternative source?

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Daniel Bellingradt

@dbellingradt.bsky.social

almost 2 years ago

Oh, the '90s called while this #earlymodern book was digitized. #bookhistory #digitalhistory

Image of two digital scans of the German astronomy book "Das eröffnete Lust-Haus Der Ober- und Nieder-Welt" (1676). (VD17 14:626716T).

On the left, the scanning process failed.

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Early Modern Digital Itineraries (EMDigIt)

@emdigit.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

📯 New publication! 📯 We are proud to share the outcomes of our NEH workshops in 2024, which brought together researchers from around the world to pilot data-driven approaches to the history of travel 🗃️ #earlymodern #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory read more here: github.com/rmidura/EMDi...