DHTech will hold a mini-conference at DH2024 themed “DH Inside Out”. Typical DH conference presentations are focussed on the research with a slight nod to the technical details; we want to flip that format and dive more deeply into the technical aspects of the work, while still keeping it in context of the research and domain specifics.

Several DHTech members attended the inaugural US-RSE conference held in Chicago, Oct. 16-18, an event by the US Research Software Engineer Association themed “Software-Enabled Discovery and Beyond.”

Earlier this year, when we were getting ready to order DHTech swag to bring to the DH2023 conference and share with all of you, we hit a snag: we didn’t have vector versions of our logo, or even any high-resolution versions. Here’s how I created the new version of our DHTech logo.

This November we are planning to hold the first official Steering Committee elections. This blog post summarizes the key responsibilities and tasks of the Steering Committee.

In the world of coding, teamwork is essential. Whether you’re building a software project or collaborating on an open-source repository, co-authoring Git commits and practicing pair programming can streamline your workflow and improve code quality.

Thanks to funding from ADHO, DHTech was able to support one DHTech member by paying for their DH2023 registration costs. Read Szemes Botond reflection of the workshop “Digital Literary Stylistics (SIG-DLS)”!

In the digital realm, ensuring the longevity of projects is crucial. The University of Victoria’s “Endings Project” presents guidelines for digital project sustainability. These principles divide projects into five areas: Data, Documentation, Processing, Products, and Release Management, each with its own set of standards to assure sustainability.

Rebecca reflects on the first DHTech Hackathon!

How the digilib image server learned to treat images with color profiles correctly and how I learned more about the weird quirks of Java’s image libraries than ever before.

Our December meetup was focussed on discussing the Python-based Django framework. Read our summary of the meetup!