Tag: civics
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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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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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What if we used Ai as an excuse to provide structured open data in plain text to everyone?
Libraries can support people developing and using LLMs by providing an alternative to LLMs
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The Bureau of Library Tourism
I just walked back from the lovely Cookie Bar in Ford City, Ontario, where I was one of the six “fun” speakers at the Bike Windsor Essex AGM. The theme was transportation and the format was pecha kucha: 20 slides that auto forward every 20 seconds. This is what I was supposed to have said.