These Posts are by:

Tim Sherratt

I'm a historian and hacker who researches the possibilities and politics of digital cultural collections.

August 29, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

Old loves, new views…

I’m deeply in love with the collections of the National Archives of Australia. They move…

August 17, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

Last Saturday I was amongst a group of enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers getting stuck in…

July 12, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

A little hack to reveal faces in the archives.
Read MoreThe people inside

June 29, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

On 15 April 1944 the Sydney Morning Herald turned inside out. For more than a…

May 21, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

This is a story about a thing I made. I’m still not sure what to call it. Or what it’s really for.

But I like it.

And I hope other people will too…
Read MoreThe future of the past

May 17, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

There seems to be a lot of topic modelling going on at the moment. Any…

May 12, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

Earlier this week it was announced that the Mosman Library had been awarded a Library…

May 9, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

Yes, I have a suit. On 8 May at the National Library of Australia I…

April 17, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

It seems a bit late to be introducing the newest version of QueryPic. Folks are…

April 1, 2012 / Tim Sherratt

You may have noticed I have a bit on an interest in exploring ways of using digitised…