Idea: Early Handwriting Tutor Software
At some point every genealogist/family historian will come across a handwritten document that will challenge their ability to read it. An excellant resource for early American handwriting is Kip...
View ArticleJumping Curves by Better Online Source Citation
According to Guy Kawasaki (author, speaker, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, etc.) one key point to great innovation is “Jumping Curves” which means moving from the curve where everyone else is to a...
View ArticleThe Future of Genealogy Software is not “Hard to See”
Many years ago I was (incorrectly) singing the words to the song, “Que, Sera, Sera” and my wife pointed out my humorous mistake. Instead of singing: Que Sera, Sera, Whatever will be, will be The...
View ArticleHow Does the Genealogy Community View Design?
Ideas. Design. Experience. Innovation. It seems that those words are continually bouncing around in my head. I am fascinated by them. They motivate me. Sometimes they frustrate me. Two books that I...
View ArticleMore Design in the Genealogy Community
… Continued from this previous post. The previous post ended by asking a few questions. One of these was: Do we really need designers anyway? Bill Buxton would answer that we need designers. Just...
View ArticleGenealogists Can Share Ideas and Innovate
The more we understand the design process, the better we can design genealogy software. In a previous post titled “More Design in the Genealogy Community”, we discussed the development process. In this...
View ArticleWhat Do You Wish Genealogy Software Did?
Software can be a great help to genealogists, but at times we wish that it did more. Think of the desktop software and tools you use, online databases, and the newer social networking sites. As...
View ArticleSketching Quickly Communicates Ideas
When I think of “sketching” (or the process of communicating design ideas), I think of Leonardo da Vinci and his invention drawings. Although not the first known examples, they might be the most well...
View ArticleThanks Myrtle
Thank you Myrtle for your kind words in a recent post where you said: “I think this fellow Mark is a thinking man’s genealogist. Ol’ Myrt here wants to spend time talking with him personally about...
View ArticleSpeaking at BYU Family History Technology Workshop
This week I will be taking vacation days from work so that I can attend both the 2008 Family History Technology Workshop as well as the Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference in Provo,...
View ArticleWhat if Genealogy had a TED Conference?
Each year in California a conference is held where the world’s greatest thinkers and doers present “ideas worth spreading.” The conference is called TED which stands for technology, entertainment, and...
View ArticleThinkGenealogy Mission Statement – Draft #1
Our first peer-reviewed assignment for the ProGen Study Group was to write a draft of our mission statement. Since I am not currently looking to hire myself out for research, I thought that I would...
View ArticleWhat are the Best Genealogy Tweets?
In what ways have you seen genealogists use Twitter? Do you know of any great examples? It might be from someone doing personal family history research or from a professional genealogist. Maybe you...
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