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 of digital information. To illustrate the concept, I like to use the ubiquitous
Museums
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 our teaching and research this fall. Here are a few recent, thoughtful links
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. Thanks to the staff of the George J. Mitchell Department of Archives and
Jim Bennett, Digital Humanist
I've just returned from London, where I joined a celebration at the Science Museum of the life of my D.Phil. thesis advisor, Jim Bennett. Jim was one of the world&
Briefly Noted for May 27, 2021
I read Zach Carter's magisterial biography of John Maynard Keynes, The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes. Not only is it a super-readable education in