When we were building Footnote we knew we had to build something that would make sense of documents. A computer is not smart enough to read the text or handwritten copy found in most historical documents. That is where people come in. The Annotation Tool, found in the Viewer (see more about the viewer), is…
Here at Footnote we enjoy reading about history. Here’s what’s been on our reading table: 1776 by David McCullough Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick Don’t Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis Each of these books reveals…
We’re proud to release the new Footnote.com. I am the senior user interface designer for Footnote and wanted to share with you ten things that you can do on Footnote with this release that you might not have considered. Look on the search results for annotations by members. For example this result shows that 2…
