Pencils and Pixels article - Episode 75

Today's episode starts with a brief discussion of the state of digital site recording technology and what the future holds. Then Chris and Paul discuss the article "Pencils and Pixels..." which discusses the coming transition from traditional archaeological field illustration to digital drawing methods and how they can be integrated into a born-digital future.  

Links

• Pencils and Pixels: Drawing and Digital Media in Archaeological Field Recording

• ArchaeoTech Episode 22

• InTerris

• Wildnote

Contact

• Chris Webster

  • Twitter: @archeowebby

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Paul Zimmerman

  • Twitter: @lugal

  • Email: paul@lugal.com

Codifi Goes to SAA - Episode 50

Chris Sims and Chris Webster make it no secret they're on the Codifi team. Codifi founder, Michael Ashley, joins the show to reflect on Codifi's reception at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Vancouver, BC.

Links:

• Codifi website

• Schedule a consultation

• Codifi Facebook

• Codifi Ideas Portal

Contact the Hosts:

• Chris Webster -  @archeowebby (Twitter and Snapchat)

  • Email:chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Chris Sims - @godigahole (Twitter and Instagram)

  • Email: christopher@godigahole.com

Ben Marwick and Coding at SAA2017 - Episode 40

On today's episode we talk to Ben Marwick. Ben has started a forum and a workshop for the 2017 Society for American Archaeology meetings in Vancouver, Canada. We talk about coding and what they're going to do at the forum and the workshop. It's a new kind of session and we're excited to help announce it.

Links

• Stack Overflow

• Software Carpentry

• R & RStudio (best used together!): https://www.r-project.org/ & https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download3/

• List of journal articles with R code: https://github.com/benmarwick/ctv-archaeology

• Annotated list of R packages useful for archaeologists: https://github.com/benmarwick/ctv-archaeology

• Archaeologists using R mentioned in the episode: Matt Harris (https://twitter.com/Md_Harris), Shawn Graham (https://twitter.com/electricarchaeo/), Andy Bevan https://twitter.com/ahb108), Néhémie Strupler (https://nehemie.github.io/), Enrico Crema (https://twitter.com/er_crema)

• Software Carpentry and Data Carpentry novice lessons for self-teaching R: http://swcarpentry.github.io/r-novice-gapminder/ & http://www.datacarpentry.org/R-ecology-lesson/

• Question and answer website for R: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/r

• Making custom web apps for data analysis using R: http://shiny.rstudio.com/

Contacts for Workshop

• Twitter: @benmarwick

• Email

  • bmarwick@uw.edu

  • mr.ecos@gmail.com

App of the Day

• Webby: GoTenna

• Boone: Toggl

Contact the Hosts

• Chris Webster -  @archeowebby (Twitter and Snapchat)

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Chris Sims - @godigahole (Twitter)

  • Email: christopher@godigahole.com

Codifi - Episode 34

Today we bring Dr. Michael Ashley back on to finally discuss Codifi, the revolutionary site recording and project management application that we're developing for use in archaeology and environmental science. We also talk about a few apps that will improve your life, and your lifestyle. Seriously.

Links

• HABS/HAER - LOC: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/

• JVRP: http://www.jezreelvalleyregionalproject.com

• Amache: https://portfolio.du.edu/amache

• DMNS: http://www.dmns.org/science/research/anthropology/

• www.codifi.com

• Center for Digital Archaeology: www.codifi.org

• Benefit Corporation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_corporation

• Mukurtu: http://mukurtu.org

• Michael’s email: michael@codifi.com

• ArchaeoTech on Google Play Podcasts: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ivuptgzxq4pl6plbk2ik3bmb4t4?t=ArchaeoTech_Podcast_-_Archa

Apps of the Day

• Hotel Tonight

• Foodgawker

• Trello

  • More on Trello

Contact the Hosts

• Chris Webster -  @archeowebby (Twitter and Snapchat)

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Chris Sims - @godigahole (Twitter)

  • Email: christopher@godigahole.com

Should I Go Digital? - Episode 29

In response to a comment on Facebook, we're attempting to answer the question Should I Go Digital? To some, this seems like a complicated question. It is, however, quite simple. Webby and Boone talk about the advantages, disadvantages, and everything else about going digital. Comments are appreciated.

APP OF THE DAY

• Webby: GPS Tracks

• Boone: MyFitnessPal

CONTACT THE HOSTS:

• Chris Webster -  @archeowebby (Twitter and Snapchat)

  • Email: chris@archaeologypodcastnetwork.com

• Chris Sims - @godigahole (Twitter)

  • Email: christopher@godigahole.com