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MakingHistory

Making History is the top-level thing I do, as a historian, teacher, and writer. I create content, based on either original primary research or to present the findings of other historians to my students. This channel will cover several topics I am researching or teaching, and reflections on the ways that history helps us understand our current world. danallosso.substack.com

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8:27

Ranney and Knowlton

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/13

The Samuel Ranney Letter, how I found it, what it says. I originally went to Ashfield Massachusetts looking for Dr. Charles Knowlton. I discovered Samuel Ranney entirely by accident, and along with him the peppermint oil industry and the peddler trade. This “tangent” became my PhD dissertation and a book in the Yale Agrarian Studies series. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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12:03

My Notes on "Smart Notes", part 6

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/10

My final thoughts on the concluding two chapters of Sönke Ahrens’ book. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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12:11

My Notes on "Smart Notes", part 5

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/09

In this one, I focus on chapter 12 of Sönke Ahrens book, How to Take Smart Notes. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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13:17

My Notes on "Smart Notes", part 4

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/08

In this installment, I comment on chapters ten and eleven of How to Take Smart Notes. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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8:06

Library Historiography

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/08

In the summer of 2021 I was preparing for the following fall, when I would be teaching a 4000-level class in Historiography for the first time. I had taken historiography surveys at both the Masters and PhD levels, at Mankato State University and the University of Massachusetts, and had done historiographies of my teaching fields. But I hadn't taught it to undergrads yet. I had several texts in mind, to have my students read from. Book passages and articles. But since a big part of the subject is

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6:31

Behind the Scenes on Chomsky

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/07

A look at the tools and processes I was using to capture info and make notes on the Chomsky and Waterstone book I talked about yesterday. Includes Research Rabbit and Obsidian. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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13:45

My Notes on "Smart Notes", part 3

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/07

In this third installment of four, I discuss chapters seven, eight, and nine of Sönke Ahrens’ book, How to Take Smart Notes. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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12:49

My Notes on "Smart Notes", part 2

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/06

The second installment of my thoughts about Sönke Ahrens’ book, How to Take Smart Notes, covering chapters three through six. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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11:49

My Notes on "Smart Notes", part 1

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/05

A couple of years ago, when I was first writing my How to Make Notes and Write, I made a few videos about the notes I had taken on Sönke Ahrens popular book, How to Take Smart Notes. In this first installment of four, I cover Ahrens’ Introduction and first chapter. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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10:54

Highlighting

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/04

Some basic observations, based on the “highlighting” chapter of the handbook, which I turned into a video for my students. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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Saint Paul Update

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/04

Happy Independence Day! I’m in my new workspace, which is a studio apartment in Saint Paul. I came down earlier this week with a carload of mostly books and a desk. Got a couple of bookcases and a bed at IKEA, and set up shop! I’ll be going back and forth to Bemidji each week, so I’ll be able to bring more of my stuff each trip. I’m glad of that, since I’m on the third floor and there’s no elevator. Now that I’m pretty well moved in, I’m going to be getting to work on the courses I’m teaching in the

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7:25

Time Blocking

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/03

My reactions to some things I read about Time Blocking and Time Boxing, along with some things I’m doing and apps I’m using to organize my work. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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5:04

Obsidian Publish - Early Look

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/02

Some thoughts from my early exploration of Obsidian Publish. I’m using it again this year, so I’ll have more to say soon. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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6:57

Zotero to Obsidian

MakingHistory ·

2024/07/01

This was the end of Spring semester a couple of years ago, when I was turning back to my own research and moving between Zotero, Obsidian, and Hypothesis. Some thoughts about Wikipedia as well. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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8:28

Hypothesis Social and Private Annotation

MakingHistory ·

2024/06/30

I have been using the app Hypothesis for several years now, both for my own reading and in my classes. In this video I showed a bit of that. Interesting side-note, that when I was talking about “following” people who annotate in public, I showed something that Chris Aldrich had annotated and then followed that back to his Hypothesis homepage. It had fewer than three thousand annotations then versus the close to 20,000 you would see today! This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with

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11:49

Copyright and CC

MakingHistory ·

2024/06/29

A brief history of copyright, which began in the early 18th century, and Creative Commons, which is much more recent. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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100:07

Book Club 1, Meeting 1

MakingHistory ·

2024/06/27

Since I currently have a monthly subscription to Descript, I thought I would enhance my Book Club videos to make them easier to watch, by removing the long pauses and filler words such as “uh”, “um”, “like”, “you know”, etc. This particular video lost fifteen minutes! It will probably make better podcast listening too, so I’ll begin uploading these to my Spotify. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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8:11

Zotero for iPad

MakingHistory ·

2024/06/27

In Spring 2021 I got to begin using the beta of the Zotero iPad app. This was pretty useful. Some background on Zotero as well, and my feelings about rent-seeking behavior in apps. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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8:18

My Father's Library

MakingHistory ·

2024/06/26

A while back I made a video on returning from a visit to my parents in California. I’m filing this under “Great Conversations”, because that’s what I most remember about the days I spent there. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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6:47

Research Rabbit Rocks!

MakingHistory ·

2024/06/26

Above was my first look at Research Rabbit, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Some of the features I mention as missing in this video have subsequently been added. Some of them had been added by the time I had a chat with the makers of the app and posted another video, below: This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danallosso.substack.com/subscribe

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