I have really enjoyed using the different Knight Labs tools— TimelineJS, StorymapJS, JuxtaposeJS and SoundciteJS. I like the fact that they are relatively user friendly, have a good user experience and can handle a lot of content. I also like that they are open source! I think the future should look more like Knight Lab opposed to Microsoft or Apple. I understand that money plays an important role in accessibility, but I think people should be able to have access to web based tools regardless of the economic status. My only frustration with these tools is that you need a Google log-in to access them.
Digital Scholarship Summer Fellows 2017
Musselman Library, Gettysburg College
To be honest, I’m glad that Apple, Google, and Microsoft exist. While yes, they are behemoths and there are lots of problems associate with their business practices, they force a lot of other people to be nimble and creative, and also provide massive infrastructures for great things to be built. Unfortunately, many times we don’t engage large corporations critically and take them for granted and assume they have our best interests in mind …