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How *you* (librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government) should use ActivityPub and Why
This post contains reasons why librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government should pay some attention to ActivityPub
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Creating with instead of creating for
Yesterday I read an article that I want to celebrate here: “From Notes to Networks: Using Obsidian to Teach Metadata and Linked Data” by by Kara Long and Erin Yunes, code4lib Journal, Issue 61, 2025-10-21.
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Avoiding the magical trap of ✨
We cannot assume that we are immune to falling into the traps of ✨ Technologies of Enchantment ✨
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How I use ActivityPub (and Why)
§1 The Why Before the How §2 The (RSS) Feed is Dead. Long Live the (RSS) Feed §3 “Social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared object” §4 ActivityPub needs local champions §5 An ActivityPub Membership Drive
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Libraries deliver the freedom that games promise
Last May, I spoke at the Bike Windsor Essex’s Pecha Kucha portion of their AGM. Today I presented another 20 slides @ 20 seconds each about games and libraries.
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Libraries and Large Language Models as Cultural Technologies and Two Kinds of Power
On September 20th, 2025, I spoke on a panel at THE LEGACY OF CCH CANADIAN LTD. v. LAW SOCIETY OF UPPER CANADA AND FUTURE OF COPYRIGHT LAW CONFERENCE 2025. Here is my talk.
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All your Wikibase are belong to us
What if we built a federation of Wikibases that belong to all of us? What if someone already did?
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How to get through a Scholarly split
We are currently in a very particular period of time for Wikidata.
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How I use Zotero + OpenRefine + QuickStatements to create Scholia profiles from Wikidata
Let’s make scholarly profiles for our colleagues. Together.
Librarian of Things
Mita Williams. Her blog.