Blog Post #3: My Encounters with Online Databases and HGIS software

        Admittedly, I have not encountered many extensive or useful databases in my life. High School was a slow transition to online learning, while most of my university experience has been textbooks or simple online searches for formulas, physics explanations, and circuit diagram examples. Clearly I have used minor databases, but to manually comb through and study… Read more →

Blog Post 2 – Augmented Reality and it’s Application to History

Sky Map   Augmented reality is an extremely interesting usage of modern technology, and is continuously evolving day by day. We can explore augmented reality products through VR goggles, video games, TV shows and other electronic devices. Today I will be examining using phone applications to learn about our universe, or more specifically, the galaxy we live in.   Sky… Read more →

January 26, 2022 – Quantifying Kissinger

I chose the website ““EVERYTHING ON PAPER WILL BE USED AGAINST ME”: QUANTIFYING KISSINGER”, which is an analysis of the former US secretary of State and National Security Advisor “Henry Kissinger”s private documents, mail, phone calls etc., written by doctoral student Micki Kaufman. This is a politically motivated blog post, and as such there may be bias in some areas… Read more →

About Me

My name is Noah Thiem and I am an electrical engineering student currently studying at the University of Saskatchewan. My interests include weightlifting, cooking, and foreign music and film. This blog is being written and maintained for my HIST 396 class. Read more →