08
Dec
Seeing Old Science
Gemini’s ability to read handwritten archival documents has importance beyond the humanities
6 min read
Archives
06
Dec
Handwriting Recognition Roundup
Like it or not, a new world for archives and historical scholarship is here
4 min read
19
Nov
Making an AI Frontend for ArchivesSpace
Have you ever wanted to talk with your finding aid?
3 min read
17
Nov
Learning from Firefox: Building Better AI for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage
People Like AI. What Do We Do That?
5 min read
09
Sep
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
1 min read
26
Aug
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
1 min read
06
Aug
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
2 min read
22
Jul
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.
21 min read
10
Jun
Jim Bennett, Digital Humanist
I've just returned from London, where I joined a celebration at the Science Museum of the life of
9 min read
29
Apr
Innovation as Habit: Practicing looking forward in a backward-looking business
The following are lightly edited speaker notes for a talk I first delivered in October 2024 at the Greater Hudson
25 min read