DH tools meltdown

Today our project was to create a repository in Git, to store on the GitHub. It was a bit of a bumpy ride. What did I learn today?

1. Mac Git and Windows Git are very, very different.
2. It can be difficult for even the most well-informed and patient instructor to wrangle a large group of people with differing levels of tech-savviness.
3. the difference between CamelScript and snake_script (the latter made me think of scriptura continua)
4. Why we installed Notepad++ (e.g. so that, instead of as in regular Notepad, we can create HTML files that aren't automatically saved as TXT files)

Bonus thing: if you’re afraid of commitment, Git is not for you.

Karen Green

Author: Karen Green

Karen Green has worked at the Columbia University Libraries as librarian for Ancient & Medieval History since 2002, and has been the Graphic Novels librarian since 2005. In 2015, she also became adjunct curator for Comics and Cartoons in Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library. She has a B.A. from NYU in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, an M.A. and M.Phil. from Columbia University in Medieval History, and an M.L.I.S. from Rutgers University. Karen believes that no one is defined by the relatively narrow set of interests that constitute their official job responsibilities (evidenced, at the very least, by her expansion into comics three years into her job at Columbia). Having lived in New York City since 1978, and loved the city since first visiting in 1969, she is particularly excited by the historical exploration that drives the Morningside Project. Her subject of inquiry is the Lion Brewery, once situated on Columbus Avenue between 107th and 109th Streets, a choice driven in part by her fifteen years as a bartender in NYC (1978-1993).