Facebook And Historians: A Follow-Up
Posted by avicena on 12/29/07 • Categorized as Edukacja
My H&E partner Christopher began experimenting with Facebook long ago. A few months ago he posted here on its possibilities for the history profession. Since then I’ve opened my own Facebook account, created a profile, found friends (both in history and beyond), and generally diddled with the site. It can be quite interesting, but it is also a time sink. We need no more of the latter in today’s
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While this resource might be old news to some, what impressed me most about the
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