Blogs: 

Scott Weingart | http://www.scottbot.net/HIAL/

Miriam Posner | http://miriamposner.com/blog/

Ted Underwood | http://tedunderwood.com/

Twitter:

DJ Wrisley | @DJWrisley | https://twitter.com/DJWrisley

Anne Cong-Huyen | @anitaconchita | https://twitter.com/anitaconchita

Kalani Craig | @kalanicraig | https://twitter.com/kalanicraig

Alan Liu | @alanyliu | https://twitter.com/alanyliu

         I chose the preceding list of blogs and people on Twitter to follow for various reasons. One of my main concerns was, honestly, following the requirements of the class, which was much more difficult than imagined. The requirements of ethnic, gender, and institutional diversity required quite a bit of searching. In addition, all of these blogs and Twitter accounts needed to be active, which added another layer of complexity to the search. A few of these choices, to be honest, were simply to meet those criteria. I initially wanted to follow as many digital medievalists as I could, which is why I chose DJ Wrisley and Kalani Craig as both their Twitter accounts appear to be very active. In addition, Dr. Craig is female, and I probably would have chosen her even without the requirements because of the field she is in and the frequency of her posts. Dr. Wrisley really grabbed my attention because he is the organizer at the Digital Humanities Institute in Beirut. While he may be a white male, the location of his work could provide some exposure to ethnic diversity issues in DH and also allow for some tweets about my favorite topic within digital medieval history, The Crusades.

Alan Liu I probably would have chosen because I have read a few articles he has authored and found them interesting, and the same could be said for Miriam Posner in the blog section. So choosing Liu and Posner has a lot to do with familiarity. Anne Cong-Huyen is probably someone I would not normally have chosen, but that being said, aside from the gender and ethnic diversity piece, she is employed at Whittier College in Whittier, California. This is a much smaller college setting and I am curious how DH is done at a smaller institution, especially since most all of my other choices are employed at large universities.

Scott Weingart seems to be a fairly active blogger who is interested in the history of science and also DH. I really could not find any digital medievalists who maintain an active blog. Many have blogs, but they do not post to them monthly. The best I found was once every three months or so. In addition, I have met Mr. Weingart and thought it would add a layer of interest to read the blog of someone I have actually met in person.