Thurs 11/13, join us in The Comfy Armchairs for chill learning how a colleague uses tech toward a goal— @winnieepm.bsky.social on Eleventy to create her personal portfolio site (of special interest to folks who dig #mincomp for ethical, learning, design, etc reasons). + the usual Special Coffee!
Coffee + Code with Winnie Pérez Martínez
Join the Scholars' Lab Research and Development team for the finest coffee and freshest discussion of interesting Digital Humanities work! These are weekly, informal gatherings...
cal.lib.virginia.edu
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Thurs 11/13, join us in The Comfy Armchairs for chill learning how a colleague uses tech toward a goal— @winnieepm.bsky.social on Eleventy to create her personal portfolio site (of special interest to folks who dig #mincomp for ethical, learning, design, etc reasons). + the usual Special Coffee!
@stefan_hessbrueggen @joeroe The Minimal Computing group is famous for their use of static site generators, and they have some think pieces, although they don’t explicitly mention SSGs that much: https://go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thoughts/
The classic @proghist article on the topic has some […]
The classic @proghist article on the topic has some […]
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fedihum.org
October 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
@stefan_hessbrueggen @joeroe The Minimal Computing group is famous for their use of static site generators, and they have some think pieces, although they don’t explicitly mention SSGs that much: https://go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thoughts/
The classic @proghist article on the topic has some […]
The classic @proghist article on the topic has some […]
Random link from the archives: "" https://web.archive.org/web/20180521175130/https://go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thoughts/2016/10/02/minimal-definitions/ originally retrieved Mon May 21 17:51:30 EDT 2018
June 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Random link from the archives: "" https://web.archive.org/web/20180521175130/https://go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thoughts/2016/10/02/minimal-definitions/ originally retrieved Mon May 21 17:51:30 EDT 2018
Our public events next week: @claudiaeberger.bsky.social on environmental history+data phys; @literaturegeek.bsky.social #mincomp magic w/zine+letterpress csv data; @epikt.bsky.social & @ceyingst.bsky.social #bytesizedpedagogy glitch video, yarn+paper+ for videogame analysis; aircraft lasercutting
We've got many of our spring term events scheduled, w/even more coming soon! Check out scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/events/ for the latest DH & experimental scholarship workshops, speakers, & coffee+chat times, or this 🧵 for a preview:
Events
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scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu
April 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Our public events next week: @claudiaeberger.bsky.social on environmental history+data phys; @literaturegeek.bsky.social #mincomp magic w/zine+letterpress csv data; @epikt.bsky.social & @ceyingst.bsky.social #bytesizedpedagogy glitch video, yarn+paper+ for videogame analysis; aircraft lasercutting
Recent interesting letterpress block acquisitions, pt 3 (mixed tech+LGBTQIA+):
* Puzzled why there were historical #mincomp catchwords until I realized the retail meaning of "markdown!"
* 2 knights riding 1 horse
* Vaguely queer catchwords: nature's best, Your Choice, Pink Frolic
* 2 happy cowboys
* Puzzled why there were historical #mincomp catchwords until I realized the retail meaning of "markdown!"
* 2 knights riding 1 horse
* Vaguely queer catchwords: nature's best, Your Choice, Pink Frolic
* 2 happy cowboys
February 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Recent interesting letterpress block acquisitions, pt 3 (mixed tech+LGBTQIA+):
* Puzzled why there were historical #mincomp catchwords until I realized the retail meaning of "markdown!"
* 2 knights riding 1 horse
* Vaguely queer catchwords: nature's best, Your Choice, Pink Frolic
* 2 happy cowboys
* Puzzled why there were historical #mincomp catchwords until I realized the retail meaning of "markdown!"
* 2 knights riding 1 horse
* Vaguely queer catchwords: nature's best, Your Choice, Pink Frolic
* 2 happy cowboys
Posts: Praxis Fellow Oriane Guiziou-Lamour on learning from her 1st semester of our DH program scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/what-on...; @literaturegeek.bsky.social on a #mincomp coding approach w/letterpress & prof dev outcomes scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/minimal...; +
What one semester of Praxis taught me
…judging from my notes:
scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu
January 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Posts: Praxis Fellow Oriane Guiziou-Lamour on learning from her 1st semester of our DH program scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/what-on...; @literaturegeek.bsky.social on a #mincomp coding approach w/letterpress & prof dev outcomes scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/minimal...; +
Good useful example of #mincomp in action. I've really been meaning to switch some legacy websites to a setup like this, but haven't had the time.
January 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Good useful example of #mincomp in action. I've really been meaning to switch some legacy websites to a setup like this, but haven't had the time.
Random link from the archives: "" https://web.archive.org/web/20180521175130/https://go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thoughts/2016/10/02/minimal-definitions/ originally retrieved Mon May 21 17:51:30 EDT 2018
January 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Random link from the archives: "" https://web.archive.org/web/20180521175130/https://go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thoughts/2016/10/02/minimal-definitions/ originally retrieved Mon May 21 17:51:30 EDT 2018
Pairing @skeuomorph.bsky.social / @ryancordell.bsky.social print ("Nothing is more ephemeral than a website"- @elikaortega.bsky.social)+Chris Fritton/Itinerant Printer's "Just because something ends doesn't mean it wasn't good" on Scholars' Lab walls, w/an exhibit label explaining why we 💜 #mincomp
December 11, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Pairing @skeuomorph.bsky.social / @ryancordell.bsky.social print ("Nothing is more ephemeral than a website"- @elikaortega.bsky.social)+Chris Fritton/Itinerant Printer's "Just because something ends doesn't mean it wasn't good" on Scholars' Lab walls, w/an exhibit label explaining why we 💜 #mincomp
A minimal computing manifesto go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thou...
> We use “minimal computing” to refer to computing done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, education, network capacity, power, or other factors.
> We use “minimal computing” to refer to computing done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, education, network capacity, power, or other factors.
Minimal Definitions (tl;dr version) · Minimal Computing
go-dh.github.io
November 2, 2024 at 2:15 AM
A minimal computing manifesto go-dh.github.io/mincomp/thou...
> We use “minimal computing” to refer to computing done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, education, network capacity, power, or other factors.
> We use “minimal computing” to refer to computing done under some set of significant constraints of hardware, software, education, network capacity, power, or other factors.
Work: DH/XS, research webdev, zines, public humanities, #mincomp, antiracist & transfeminist textual scholarship, community design, DIY scholcomm
* Past hats: TT R1 DH faculty, Literature PhD (all-DH/no-chapter dissertation!), librarian w/Info HCI MS, pro webdev
* ACH officer; runs DH Slack
#intro
* Past hats: TT R1 DH faculty, Literature PhD (all-DH/no-chapter dissertation!), librarian w/Info HCI MS, pro webdev
* ACH officer; runs DH Slack
#intro
August 28, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Work: DH/XS, research webdev, zines, public humanities, #mincomp, antiracist & transfeminist textual scholarship, community design, DIY scholcomm
* Past hats: TT R1 DH faculty, Literature PhD (all-DH/no-chapter dissertation!), librarian w/Info HCI MS, pro webdev
* ACH officer; runs DH Slack
#intro
* Past hats: TT R1 DH faculty, Literature PhD (all-DH/no-chapter dissertation!), librarian w/Info HCI MS, pro webdev
* ACH officer; runs DH Slack
#intro