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Better Tech via Annotation: Using Hypothesis to Improve Your Technical Documentation, Code, and Tutorials
This guest post was written by Dr. Amanda Visconti, a UX designer/developer & digital humanities assistant professor at Purdue University Libraries. You can follow her @Literature_Geek or read her posts […]
Hypothesis Chrome Extension Permissions
Learn details about permissions needed by the Hypothesis Chrome browser extension.
SciBot: Machine and human annotators working together
Last April, at I Annotate Hack Days, several of the developers who showed up wanted to use the Hypothesis API not only to read annotations but also to create them. […]
DIY @mentions
A posse of Hypothesis users got together for delightful exploration that started with Playful Annotation in the Open and continued in the Hypothesis annotation layer for that blog post. (And then […]
Letters to the Next President 2.0
Letters to the Next President 2.0 supports educators in providing interest-driven opportunities to foster and encourage youth voice and civic engagement. The project provides resources, learning opportunities, and curriculum ideas […]
The Annotated FAQ
A few weeks ago we published a frequently-asked questions page. In the time-honored tradition of the internet FAQ, we want ours to be a living document that evolves as we […]
Why does bioscience need open annotation?
I joined Hypothesis because I believe that an open annotation layer can serve as a dynamic, unifying technology for addressing some of structural weaknesses in our current biomedical platforms.
Classrooms Annotating the State of the Union
We’re annotating tonight here: State of the Union address Or, for a direct link that includes the Hypothes.is application, click here: State of the Union address (with Hypothes.is proxied) One […]
An Illustrated Taxonomy of Annotation Types
I’m often asked: “What does the Hypothes.is software do?” The elevator pitch is easy. “Visit a web page, then select some text and annotate with comments or tags. You’ll see […]