Just wanted to check in and see if anyone else Loves CSS and HTML. There is so much we can do with it and this is only the beginning. I think that learning webdesign has so much potential for the field of Public History. The “public” sees the world in these formats (i.e. web pages), so we should know how to show them history through the lens with which they are most comfortable. Accessibility is key here.

I do want to reiterate my earlier statements: I believe that this is the job of the Public Historian, not the Academic. We need trained professionals (digital historians) in academia to teach these skills for use by the public historian. It is easy to get lost in learning web design elements and lose what is important about what we are doing (or trying to do) as academics/professionals.

There is a great work that predates the digital revolution that is poignant to me as we work through these problems and you can access it here.

Now you may like this Christina!