Zack's Log

So today I met with Dr. Graham today and we decided on different methodologies I can use for my project. In order to examine the relationship between wine and social structure in the bronze age Aegean, I’m going to be using network analysis to trace the flow of commodities (notably wine, grapes and other related products) throughout [...]

Over the past few days I’ve been experimenting with Scrivener, an organizational tool for people who write essays, screenplays, or other lengthy papers. Usually academics use traditional word processors such as Microsoft Word, LibreOffice or Apple Pages, but Scrivener can hardly fit into the same category. Instead of focusing on content creation, Scrivener’s main appeal is its [...]

I finally finished Alison’s Babeu’s Rome Wasn’t Digitized in a Day andI find it is a very useful overview of the large array of digital tools available to classicists, and how they are used by digital humanists. As an undergraduate student who, at least in part, studies classics, I was surprised at how much the web [...]

Hello, and welcome to my new blog! I started a blog in the past, but I never followed through with it and it was deleted. I do have a twitter account which I use regularly: @mtl_zack. This blog is meant to document my progress while I write my honours thesis at Carleton University, but afterwards [...]