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richard m davis

@onothimagain.bsky.social

for it is he. in liverpool most days doing technology for digital libraries, archives, scholarship and e-learning so you don't have to. Previously at https://twitter.com/onothimagen

89 Followers  |  123 Following  |  54 Posts  |  Joined: 18.09.2024  |  1.8771

Latest posts by onothimagain.bsky.social on Bluesky

Yes

29.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They wouldn't let it lie

29.10.2025 23:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely to hear @jfwinters.bsky.social talking about the future of history on the History Extra podcast 😍

29.10.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why are universities still teaching referencing styles? In the digital era, inserting a reference into a text is as easy as pressingΒ control-K. So why do universities still insist on troubling students with the minutiae of traditional referencing styles th...

Well indeed 😭

Why are universities still teaching referencing styles? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/why-ar...

20.10.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Vile

26.09.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think they got the most from you tho πŸ˜• Have you got any recent writings on the subject?

23.09.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Universities Challenged - Is it worth it? - BBC Sounds With all the problems facing universities, is it still worth getting a degree?

Lovely surprise to hear @sianbayne.bsky.social on the radio today!

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

23.09.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In a world where over the years I've picked hundreds, if not thousands, of pens at conferences and exhibitions, how come I can never find one that works around the house?

11.09.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A kind of reverse Turing test 🀣

18.08.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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They never should have left Constable Savage alone with the AI 🀣

16.08.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Putin knows

09.08.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Automated university systems β€˜make administrative burden worse’ Risk-averse mindset, fervour for meetings and β€˜time sink’ labour-saving ploys leave everybody overburdened, finds Melbourne study

"Please complete your assigned training...."

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/automat...

07.08.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An old favourite

07.08.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Look Scanned Look Scanned is a pure frontend site that makes your PDFs look scanned! No need for printers and scanners anymore - everything you need to do is just a few clicks.

When sending a form back by email isn't acceptable, but printing it and emailing a scan is...

lookscanned.io/en/scan

07.08.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fascinating snafu, also afflicted me when I made the first edition of my Practical Blog Preservation book on Lulu.com - the fis were visible in my PDF but they left blank space in print. Lulu kindly fixed it and reprinted

28.04.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"It is hard to see the other side of the elephant unless you are on top of it.”

The Tao of Thomas Frank

06.04.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I used to plough thru novels on my 45 minute train journey to work , and I think we can best support today's students by ensuring as many books and learning resources as possible are fully and easily accessible on smartphones. Well-produced podcasts and open ebooks are a good start

22.03.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reframing the commute Emma Maslin considers the positives of the commuter student experience.

This week on Wonkhe: Emma Maslin considers the positives of the commuter student experience.

22.03.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts Countless digital documents hold valuable info, and the AI industry is attempting to set it free.

Two decades on and PDF is still "a hamburger we’re trying to turn back into a cow" (@petermurrayrust.bsky.social, 2008)

arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/w...

21.03.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eddie enjoyed looking round the Once Upon A Page children's book exhibition at @ljmulibrary.bsky.social

20.03.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At the time I never explicitly thought of it as a "bespoke TEI XML interface which renders a detailed knowledge of XML unnecessary", but I guess that's what it is!

12.03.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Simplenote The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.

Surprised I don't hear more about simplenote.com, the formatting is superb and links easily shared, and with Markdown too I reckon you could make a passable website or newsletter or ebook quite easily

12.03.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ChΓ’teau Jisc hasn't got any better over the years!

12.03.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜A machine-shaped hand’: Read a story from OpenAI’s new creative writing model Posting the piece online, OpenAI’s Sam Altman said this is the first time he has been β€œreally struck” by AI writing

Couldn't help feeling an affinity between the FP narrative style of the OpenAI metafiction and @annleckie.com's Ancillary Justice protagonist(s)!

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

12.03.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT - UK Govt Spending Trends Shared via ChatGPT

The future of idle curiosity about the kinds of things they say. Unbelievable power. But as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility πŸ•·οΈ

chatgpt.com/share/67c5ff...

03.03.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never delved much into Frank solo, though Black Letter Days is an album I'm always happy to return to

13.02.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Having had the privilege of working with the collections of the @linneansociety.bsky.social I'm looking forward to this!

13.02.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.

It's a neat way to stumble upon interesting information randomly, learn new things, and spend spare moments of boredom without reaching for an algorithmically addictive social media app.

10.02.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 258    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 19

Sounds lovely 😁

04.02.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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