30
Jan
The Measles Crisis Is Regional—Let's Keep It That Way
Measles is a national issue. It's not a national phenomenon.
3 min read
Tom Scheinfeldt
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
29
Jan
Trust and AI: A Conversation with Claude
How is trusting AI different than trusting people?
10 min read
21
Jan
Inefficient by Design: How Medieval Values Shaped Today's University
A nine-century case for being slow
11 min read
22
Dec
AI Lessons from 1999
Nothing will work, but everything might.
6 min read
15
Dec
Netflix and HBO
Hollywood's choice isn't consumer choice
2 min read
14
Dec
The Forest and the Tree: What the Latest Accommodation Debate Gets Wrong
A lot has been written this week about the increase in student accommodations on college campuses. It started with a
3 min read
08
Dec
Seeing Old Science
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities
6 min read
06
Dec
Handwriting Recognition Roundup
Like it or not, a new world for archives and historical scholarship is here
4 min read
04
Dec
A New Home for "Briefly Noted"
My answer to the Substack question
2 min read
02
Dec
Does the iPhone Work in the age of AI?
Apple's focus on perfection is at odds with the messiness of generative AI
5 min read