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Oct
Meet AcadiMeet; or, Adventures in Vibe Coding

Meet AcadiMeet; or, Adventures in Vibe Coding

Anyone who has worked with me knows that while I can talk the talk of web development, and while I
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18
Sep
A map of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Maritime Canada

The New England Option in Action

In January, shortly after the inauguration, I floated the idea of The New England Option, a thought experiment about a
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09
Sep
Briefly Noted for September 9, 2025

Briefly Noted for September 9, 2025

This week in my DMD 2010: History of Digital Culture class, I've been teaching the history and theory
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06
Sep
Dan explains Bartz v. Anthropic

Dan explains Bartz v. Anthropic

Dan Cohen has an excellent explainer on the recent settlement in Bartz v. Anthropic, a landmark lawsuit for questions about
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05
Sep
Transitions

Transitions

When we founded Greenhouse Studios, our goal was to cultivate a new approach to scholarly work—one that brought collaborators
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26
Aug
Briefly Noted: AI links for back-to-school

Briefly Noted: AI links for back-to-school

As a new semester begins, I'm pretty sure we're all thinking about how AI will affect
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06
Aug
Digital Humanities Outreach and Media Fragmentation

Digital Humanities Outreach and Media Fragmentation

Reaching an audience for a digital humanities project used to be straightforward. It isn’t anymore. The fragmentation and toxicity
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03
Aug
Briefly Noted for August 3, 2025: Some Good News for the Humanities

Briefly Noted for August 3, 2025: Some Good News for the Humanities

For those of us in the humanities, the last 20 years have often felt like a siege. But maybe we’
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22
Jul
Generative Artificial Intelligence and Archives: Two Years On

Generative Artificial Intelligence and Archives: Two Years On

Yesterday I gave a talk on AI and archives at the Colby/Bates/Bowdoin Special Collections and Archives Staff Retreat.
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10
Jun
Jim Bennett, Digital Humanist

Jim Bennett, Digital Humanist

I've just returned from London, where I joined a celebration at the Science Museum of the life of
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