29
Jan
Trust and AI: A Conversation with Claude
How is trusting AI different than trusting people?
10 min read
Archives
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
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