<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:55:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@engledd/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[After-Action Review for @phillyhistory Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[As the semester is coming to an end, all of us on the @phillyhistory project are considering what we have and have not accomplished and evaluating our Steemit experiment. Although the experiment will continue]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/after-action-review-for-phillyhistory-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/after-action-review-for-phillyhistory-project</guid><category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 15:44:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGnTQCLpunQuGfHnXTmxWbRQScCVGspXNWFwLnemQaMfqdA2YxzedpLw4Be6AU5Z4V8so7yetNNPPvfJEvDAQKFjwKXwiLmXAHFn5md56LHQJGzE1KDAW7KvVgtJsjEC4zrJR5mmHEgkEwhTB7Khg44ugGyhQvY6dZTbGoKc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Public History Training Center for $1-10 million]]></title><description><![CDATA[As one of our final posts, the members of the @phillyhistory project are discussing what we would do with $10k, $100k, $1 million, and $10 million to have maximum impact in public history. Having only]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/a-public-history-training-center-for-usd1-10-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/a-public-history-training-center-for-usd1-10-million</guid><category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 14:40:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAspi9LssChkGUNFSRTcUtZwxkCqpgVXxAbPqyHghSy97sGiCerfrsjJzFKFWmPyp9RXN1q43kNCWVkxDwzAegxVXi8i73Dj6SKFMYhYXDiAiBJNvAw81ndTqXAPtdS8kYKP8vLVbPgoYuvbjYacQM2xqnQ6HYcQkut2sRH8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Museum Without Collections]]></title><description><![CDATA[We’ve been talking a lot about the financial difficulties many museums have to face. One of the biggest expenses for museums is collections management and storage. Collections take up lots of space, require]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/a-museum-without-collections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/a-museum-without-collections</guid><category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2duLN819RioLGGBwv8z9S4XAUuXmFn2jBYKMdby8oyA7Szr1KLMHZMCZbEZdBeSS6cV96wFeG9JKmeVgiLSQbCQ6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subscription Service for Museums]]></title><description><![CDATA[So I was going to write a post about jet packs and how society might be different if the US Army had pursued them further in the 1960s instead of abandoning the project and pivoting to helicopters, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofit/@engledd/subscription-service-for-museums</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofit/@engledd/subscription-service-for-museums</guid><category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:21:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNH8q6FEif2uzpmXjQNog2n2huWTcwn8rNQKPdEqfPsdGEvvfkzkCJ5ZhfJM8oYUw8EkNHN6dskNwxj2ZKrRybeHkzqHLyjnTSr55Wsb1TNehwDcJFkSSeEpECZ6iF7YBVy3gCzrxyc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musings on Deaccessioning]]></title><description><![CDATA[This week, my colleagues in the Philly History Project are discussing deaccessioning, which is the process of removing objects from a museum/archival collection. We did several readings about it, including]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/musings-on-deaccessioning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofits/@engledd/musings-on-deaccessioning</guid><category><![CDATA[nonprofits]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 14:39:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNchGPKLQuxAL7oEwDJ42cT977qXjChZB6Gdt64sMFWwbVAEyFefH5sCNemmLr7g8eXTYFyU6RTQaMAg6NZSyMqBviek23rFQUy7KUrKQ143wC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selling a History Degree]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I’m close to graduating, I’ve been doing a lot of job searching lately. 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They are considering merging with Temple University, which could be very beneficial. @jfeagan has discussed some ways this could restructure the museum]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofit/@engledd/another-solution-for-the-philadelphia-history-museum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nonprofit/@engledd/another-solution-for-the-philadelphia-history-museum</guid><category><![CDATA[nonprofit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:48:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiCxmjup6CFMgJ8qwyzZCGcRjGyRxg1GDKMP4FfzpgW36gLgxcL9yxwNmt2PHCEKggyB6vt3qk4dENErZK2yrTzej8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snags at the (Historical) Society]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our class is finally coming to the point where we will be making some decisions on what projects to undertake with our SBD. 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To start, I wrote some bulletpoints for pros and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/history/@engledd/what-do-greek-hoplites-m1-abrams-tanks-and-large-museums-have-in-common</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/history/@engledd/what-do-greek-hoplites-m1-abrams-tanks-and-large-museums-have-in-common</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 15:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVegqB5EJSKcS9sCH7QeDLKrpvtf1puYf2oPK9hQQiBj3EhQ4sH9LbTViWRucE9LQYqWhC59DgAskYX8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Museums: Afraid to Work Together?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We continue to discuss the problems in the Philadelphia cultural sector in class this week. 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These include machine guns that don’t fire when the propeller is in front of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/explore1918/@engledd/necessity-the-mother-of-invention-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/explore1918/@engledd/necessity-the-mother-of-invention-2</guid><category><![CDATA[explore1918]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2018 20:16:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9dx1buQgbeaetmq3RXiGezpxfqichiyEaJRWqMMjUjja2bQMR4JJcGC4ytXz7f3t6RJ9T5gkHUt6xLgxKAUJFhDzSeKDgT3SLWiHNJVhD8fhqccMcqHDvVe919vBjY6j4JpHpi7HuwMD97JzcAvtv32hjVUkrsNBthAGDygVm6VTHpyQmWPoNDDw8Cj4YvAq9PHxJ2Ywx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full Steem Ahead: Steem-Powered Outdoor History, Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been posting a lot about 1918, but today I’m gonna take a break from it for a bit to look at the Philadelphia cultural sector in 2018. 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Major wars often seem to accelerate the pace]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/explore1918/@engledd/necessity-the-mother-of-invention</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/explore1918/@engledd/necessity-the-mother-of-invention</guid><category><![CDATA[explore1918]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 22:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgbGLgT61PkFPkyfk1UL2bTUp1cMCnT2j8nJGL7JMZZYMBmK5DXNnp89gRw251Tttv5uLmNYBa6UrBQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making the Big Guns in Philly]]></title><description><![CDATA[WWI was raging for most of 1918, and as Philadelphia was a big industrial city, it played a large role in producing supplies for the war effort. 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My historical interests focus]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@engledd/hi-steemians-meet-one-of-the-historians-who-ll-be-exploring-1918-with-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@engledd/hi-steemians-meet-one-of-the-historians-who-ll-be-exploring-1918-with-you</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[engledd]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:24:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNyKR5mPu3iQegPRErUqwy1EmDk8YVqdpa8CJon16w9n5sJKwK8vdc5FUvTob13CccjJsuShKC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>