I've been working on the InkyCap (https://inkycap.org) PKM tool for a while now (for my own use) but would like to introduce it in case others want to try it. InkyCap is a Typst-based personal knowledge management desktop application.
Continue reading →This is a version of a presentation I gave about the need for training researchers in open licensing as a form of information literacy. I presented this at...
Continue reading →Librarians have ceded our control of collections and collection-building in the digital realm to a few commercial vendors. Among other things, this has...
Continue reading →The Authors Guild (USA) launched its Human Authored Certification program (29 January 2025). This certification permits its members to register their...
Continue reading →Bellingcat provides a workshop for people with no experience using the command line. The idea is to gain essential skills that will open up the possibility...
Continue reading →The processes and supports within an institution can, I've noticed, demand a bit of effort to change. When we speak of open scholarship or open science ,...
Continue reading →The hype over the last few months regarding generative AI has been quite interesting. I've facilitated a variety of discussions (and presented some) with...
Continue reading →Sometimes we see headlines in the news about a book being challenged at a library. People from different perspectives might see the content of the book or...
Continue reading →I've been thinking about something like an instance Community Pledge becoming commonplace. Mastodon instances tend to post rules, user expectations, a tiny...
Continue reading →The Mastodon social networks have attracted a lot more attention recently. I posted on concepts behind Mastodon , ActivityPub , and this federated style of...
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