{"id":165,"date":"2025-01-16T11:53:12","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/?p=165"},"modified":"2025-01-16T11:53:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:53:48","slug":"week-1-digital-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/applied-history-mcmaster\/2025\/01\/16\/week-1-digital-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 1: Digital Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Running my name through Salt, I saw that most of the results that come up are related to my academic career. It is super cool that the articles that I published on undergraduate journals show up in the first page. My LinkedIn is also top of the list. I didn\u2019t know that the pictures from the posts I liked on LinkedIn would show up in my Google Images search, which is very funny, but also means that I have to be careful of what I like on the platform. The combination of my two surnames narrows down my searches significantly, as I don\u2019t think there are many Cohen Galvaos out there. On the other hand, if I sign posts with a single surname it tends to get lost in the crowd. For example: when I was at The Brunswickan as a Reporter, I used to write my articles under Sophia Cohen. For this reason, they don\u2019t show up when I look myself up. I could, and probably will, contact the team of The Brunswickan to change my the name of my author profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Making my blog active again! In the Summer of 2024, I created sophiacohen.blog. I had planned to write about current events and culture, but I ended up forgetting about it completely. The one article I wrote was very fun, though. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Making sure that I write my name as Sophia Cohen Galvao, not Sophia Cohen. As I have found out, Sophia Cohen is a relatively generic name so it gets buried a lot easier than when I sign with both surnames. I realized that my articles for The Brunswickan do not show up in the Google search because I signed them as Sophia Cohen. Very sad. But I can contact the current editorial team of The Bruns to have them change my author name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. I have been sitting on a podcast about Victorian Britain for a while, and it\u2019d be awesome to get it out of the paper some time this year. I think it could really enhance my digital footprint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    \u201dHeritage affirms faith in a certain picture of the past, which sustains a certain image of the present and tends to elicit a single emotional response.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    D.A Yerxa, \u201cWhy History Matters: An Interview with John Tosh,\u201d<\/a> Historically Speaking<\/em> 10, no. 5 (November 2009): 25-27.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    Part of St. Marylebone Workhouse prior to reconstruction, 1866. Source: From a drawing of a pauper inmate, initials W.A.D.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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