tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post5302614603784384998..comments2023-10-27T21:07:26.965+02:00Comments on <a>Digital & Public History</a>: Remembering Lynn H.Nelson, Pioneer Digital HistorianAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09632752390392009633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-69947968711139957942013-10-31T13:49:02.330+01:002013-10-31T13:49:02.330+01:00I stumbled on this, a year later, because I was th...I stumbled on this, a year later, because I was thinking how it has been 20 years since I started my "professional technology career" as a student worker working on updating the HTML pages of HNSource. I had Prof. Nelson in an introductory Medieval History course and one day he announced that he had need of someone who "knew computers" to help with a project of his. I spent about a year, limited to 5 hours per week, chasing down links and organizing index pages.<br /><br />Dr. Nelson really understood the potential of what would become the "world wide web" and I'm a better person for having worked with him.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-75374686160994977422013-10-02T05:46:12.577+02:002013-10-02T05:46:12.577+02:00Dr. Nelson was my greatest academic mentor and per...Dr. Nelson was my greatest academic mentor and perhaps the most elegant person I've ever met. He saw in me things I did not have the confidence to admit I possessed and he taught me the value of a truly "liberal arts" education. I sorely miss drinking coffee and eating cookies in his kitchen while digressing into stories of Robert Guiscard et al. Thank you for posting this.<br /><br />Dean Richards IV<br />PhD. Student at the U. of Kansasdrichardsivnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-46230814820190393272013-04-24T14:44:28.174+02:002013-04-24T14:44:28.174+02:00There was no greater, nor more valiant explorer. ...There was no greater, nor more valiant explorer. He is missed.<br /><br />AJ Plotke<br />Great War Primary Documents Archive<br />www.gwpda.orgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-50829665412796328572013-01-08T15:44:11.963+01:002013-01-08T15:44:11.963+01:00Lynn and I came to know each other through History...Lynn and I came to know each other through History@FINHUTC after he had read my article in Perspectives; what a wonderful experience that was because Lynn was bright, ingenious, and amiable. I created the first FTP site for historians but Lynn did more by creating one of his own and then encouraging others to do the same; in other words, he had the vision of a network. My site eventually became the Historical Text Archive (historicaltextarchive.com), his became several sites. We and others had fun being pioneers even when some of us encountered resistance from those who did not understand and fought us. <br /><br />Lynn was a very kind person. He made such a positive difference in so many lives. We only met once when I was visiting the University of Kansas where my younger son was a student but we carried on a lively friendship for years via electronic means. He encouraged me throughout my career, even when I became an associate dean and had to reduce my efforts to further electronic means of doing history. What a man he was!<br /><br />Don Mabry, Editor, Historical Text Archive<br />Professor Emeritus of History, Mississippi State UniversityDon Mabryhttp://historicaltextarchive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-57770704049281896272012-10-08T23:54:32.836+02:002012-10-08T23:54:32.836+02:00Dear Prof. Noiret,
Read your post brought me to ...Dear Prof. Noiret, <br /><br />Read your post brought me to think about influences that people (professors, friends, family)have upon us. I just send you a message exactly about it.<br /><br />Thanks for all the help and support, always. <br /><br />Your words about Lynn are very welcome. The World in WWW doesn't need to be made by cold people. The relationships can be changed, increased, started or finished by internet, but it still is made of people and while we remain people, we have feelings that doesn't needs to be ignored because of the bits or bytes.Anita.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13646464983572880053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-33153586671602373242012-09-24T17:28:37.142+02:002012-09-24T17:28:37.142+02:00This is exactly what I am not trying to do -dissua...This is exactly what I am not trying to do -dissuade- with my daughter Alice wishing to begin a degree in Digital Humanities...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09632752390392009633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36395061.post-75132888469386095302012-09-22T20:05:58.713+02:002012-09-22T20:05:58.713+02:00It was Lynn who wrote to me something along these ...It was Lynn who wrote to me something along these line when I was in doubt with myself: "Never let anyone dissuade you to do something...".SLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943218426843675089noreply@blogger.com