DiRT (Digital Research Tools) has a new home! Please visit Bamboo DiRT to explore this excellent collection of research tools.

Blogs

• AcademHack: tech tools for academics
• Academic Productivity: "Written by a small team of academics focusing on the topics on knowledge acquisition, production and dissemination, new technologies and productivity strategies."
• Lifehacker
• ProfHacker: terrific group blog that "delivers tips, tutorials, and commentary on pedagogy, productivity, and technology in higher education."
• Research Forward: " a personal blog by Michael J. Hemment, Ph.D, dedicated to exploring the latest academic teaching and research technologies."
• Web Worker Daily

   

Digital Humanities Centers' Listings of Tools 

• Arts and Humanities Data Service (AHDS) - The AHDS collects, preserves and promotes electronic resources in the arts and humanities (UK based; closed in 2008, though some web resources persist)
• Digital History Tool Reviews
• George Mason Center for History and New Media Tools Center Wiki - A collaborative resource to connect builders and users of digital tools
• Intute Directory of Web Tools for Higher-Ed (Arts & Humanities) - An online service with access to Web resources for education and research, selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists. Over 21,000 Web resources available via keyword search and subject browsing
• NINCH - An international database of digital humanities projects (inactive since 2003)
• Project Bamboo's Tool list: Includes tools for visualization, collaboration, text analysis, etc.
• University of California, Santa Barbara's Toy Chest
• WikiTADA: Text Analysis Developers Alliance

Directory of Handy Web 2.0 Tools

• Directory of E-Learning Tools
• Free and Open Source Educational Software: focuses on Windows apps

• Sweet Tools (Sem Web): Comprehensive list of semantic web tools (RDF, ontologies, etc.), somewhat oriented toward developers.

• Semantic Web Tools Directory - a comprehensive collection of tools and applications for the Semantic Web

• Technology for Communities: wiki pages that describe "tools that are used by communities of practice, explain how each functions from a community perspective, and suggest why you might select the tool, given your community's orientation and the activities your community wants."

• Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 (part of the Directory of E-Learning Tools): lists applications that promote productivity, collaboration, organization, and more.
• WebTools4u2use: Written for K-12 school media specialists, this wiki features some tools relevant for researchers as well.
• 100 Useful Web Tools for Writers: Targeted at freelance and professional writers, this blog post includes tools for getting organized, finding inspiration, communicating with publishers, networking and marketing, and managing writing projects.

Technology Overviews

• Art Historians Toolkit (pdf) - overview of digital tools and methods of interest to art historians
• ELI (Educause Learning Initiative) Seven Things You Should Know About... Series: "provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices"
• Linguistic Annotation Wiki - Overview of digital tools for linguistic annotation
• NMC Horizon Report: "charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning and creative expression"

Digital Humanities Organizations

• Ambient Intelligence Group, MIT
• Digital Arts & Humanities - A UK-based community website about information and communication technology in arts and humanities research and teaching
• e-humanities workshop, CLARIN (Common Language Resources And Technology INfrastructure)
• Horizon Project, New Media Consortium (NMC)
• The Research Exchange, Colorado State University
• Writing Centers Online, IWCA
• Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE), Michigan State University