Adam Crymble
 
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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Working Knowledge of the following computer languages and web platforms:

XHTML CSS JavaScript
PhP MySQL Python
Drupal Omeka WordPress

ACADEMIC WEBSITES

Select academic websites designed and implemented by Adam:

  1. "The Programming Historian" (2011)
  2. "NiCHE Website" (2010)
  3. "Unpeacable Exchange: Trade and Conflict in a Global Economy, 1000-2000" (2010)
  4. "H-Environment List Serv" (2010)
  5. "How to Write a Zotero Translator: Website" (2009)
  6. "Back to the Island: Narrative and Oral History of PEI: Website" (2009)

CONFERENCE WEBSITE DESIGN

After building multimedia websites for several professors, Adam was inspired to create Academic News, a comprehensive, cost effective platform to build a webpage for an academic event. No web experience required.

 

Academic News.org

MYSCHOLAR ONLINE TUTORING

In 2011, Adam was part of a team of King's College London students who envisioned and launched an online tutoring business, seeking to bring personal maths tutoring to a UK-wide audience through the internet.

MyScholar's mission is to provide quality, personalised education to all students, no matter where they live.

LARGE WEBSITE INTEGRATION

Since 2008, Adam has been the webmaster for the Network in Canadian History & Environment (NiCHE). NiCHE is a network of hundreds of scholars from around the world.

NiCHE Design

Adam has designed and integrated many of the features of this Drupal-based website. The site has hundreds of pages and many advanced design features ranging from an integrated news and blogging system to pages that highlight research projects and events.

EXPANDING ZOTERO

During the summer of 2008, as a research assistant at the Center for History & New Media (CHNM) in Fairfax, Virginia, Adam worked expanding the open-source citation management software, Zotero.

At the Center, Adam's wrote "Translators", small programs that allow Zotero users to automatically grab citation information from research resources online. Each database needs its own translator.

Grab Citation Information using Zotero

During his time at the CHNM, Adam created translators for dozens of websites, ultimately writing the authoritative 150 page book, "How to Write a Zotero Translator: A Practical Guide for Humanists", making the process transparent for all academics.

OMEKA DESIGN

Omeka is an open-sourced web-platform designed for museums and archives, built by the Center for History & New Media.

In the spirit of open-source, Adam created and released a "theme" for Omeka, which allows users more options for customizing the look of their exhibit

Omeka Design