After some encouraging conversations following the TEI conference in Paderborn, I readied myself to offer consulting and training for digital humanists and librarians as a side business.
- XML for Digital Humanists (XML, XSLT, ISO Schematron, RELAX NG, TEI ODD)
- Processing and publishing library data (MARC, PICA, MODS, LIDO et al.)
- Building and maintaining XML-based workflows
- Developing custom solutions (modules) for VuFind
-based discovery systems - Salvaging DH projects that are in the danger of going awry
Feel free to get in touch!
David Maus shared an hour ago
docx2tex is now 10 years old and has been released in version 1.10! Thank you for 14k downloads and the valuable feedback that helps to make this tool better. #texlatex #ooxml #oss
https://github.com/transpect/docx2tex/releases/tag/v.1.10
Im Moment werden die Recherchesysteme der Bibliotheken von KI-Bots überrannt.
For the records: Ich bin mit dem Problem seit spätestens Anfang 2024 vertraut. Ich schaue gerade dabei zu, wie meine Prognosen eintreffen und sich immer neue Einrichtungen bei mir melden. Die öffentliche Infrastruktur schließt sich -- praktisch, aus der Not heraus.
Schade nur, dass den Zusammenhang zwischen dem Loblied auf generative KI und den zusammenbrechenden Infrastrukturen keiner so recht benennen mag.
Mixed feelings.
Personal travel plans changed, no #kayak on the Soca in June :(
On a positiv note: Time to attend https://markupuk.org, meet old and make new friends :)
David Maus shared a day ago
@jeroenbosman @Jeroenson @hvdsomp So, an age old topic that's dear to my heart :) .. how resilient is "doi.org" from U.S. influence?
(De?)cenralised #OpenScience #ScholComm
David Maus shared 2 days ago
Are there other academic researchers out there interested in drafting a statement about refusing to use generative AI for research (from initial planning/design/conception through writing, editing, and beyond)?
I imagine something similar to this: https://refusinggenai.wordpress.com/, but for the research process.
Feel free to reply publicly or via DM.
David Maus shared 3 days ago
Ich habe demnächst ein paar PCs zu verschenken, weil sie nicht Windows 11 fähig sind. Ein Kunde überlässt sie mir. Ich spiele LinuxMint drauf. Falls jemand jemanden kennt, der einen PC haben möchte, bitte gern bei mir melden. Ich prüfe keine Bedürftigkeit. Ich will sie nur an Menschen geben und nicht wegwerfen.
Gern weiter Teilen.
#FediGive #windows11 #LinuxMint #EineSorgeWengier
Big success in my capability to #kayak roll: Took the opportunity to practice with University Sports Hamburg in an in-door facility yesterday. I think body/mind finally understood the motion of the sweep roll. Sweep roll succeeded 8 out of 10 times with little support.
David Maus shared 8 days ago
There was a question about "what AI skills should librarians have" on one of my listservs. My Ideas:
• Knowledge of the IP theft underlying these tools
• Discerning “we just relabeled something and now are pretending it’s AI to charge you more while making the product worse” from vendor pitches
• Understanding the inherent biases, the ecological harms, the underpaid mods
• Addressing loss of critical thinking and reading skills ]
• Demonstrating how this is being used as labor suppression
David Maus shared 11 days ago
Eine Schule in #Lörrach würde gerne um die 300 (!) Desktop-PCs mit Ryzen 3/5-CPUs, 16 GB RAM sowie 256/500 GB SSDs für einen guten Zweck spenden (genauere Angaben haben wir leider nicht). Da wir aktuell keinen Bedarf haben, suchen wir übers Fediverse nach Abnehmer*innen. Bitte meldet euch bei uns, wenn ihr Interesse habt. Wir vermitteln euch dann den Kontakt.
David Maus shared 12 days ago
Hundreds of thousands of Computers won't be able to upgrade to Windows 11, but that shouldn't make them eWaste.
Kudos to the @kde team for this amazing initiative!
David Maus shared 14 days ago
@awinkler @fuzzyleapfrog @HeptaSean das wäre so toll wenn Podcasts automatisch gesammelt und archiviert werden, schon um nicht auf Spotify & Co angewiesen zu sein und um verlässlich auf einzelne Episoden verlinken zu können. Der Aufwand gegenüber dem langfristigen, gesellschaftlichen Nutzen wäre minimal, aber ein dauerhaft finanziertes, kleines Team und gute Speichersysteme müssen trotzdem bezahlt werden.
David Maus shared 14 days ago
it's been 0 (zero) minutes since i last saw a set of overworked coworkers courting burnout as a result of AI bot scrapers abusing the ever living shit out of infrastructure we run as a service to the public
David Maus shared 16 days ago
unfollow the blogs that are written using genAI. there are better RSS feeds that deserve your attention
David Maus shared 16 days ago
Happy birthday, Dad. Time to come back now, it’s all gone a bit rubbish without you. ❤️❤️❤️
David Maus shared 21 days ago
Forcing the world into machines https://tante.cc/2025/04/24/forcing-the-world-into-machines/ #AI #AIHype
David Maus shared 22 days ago
I'm a big fan of 404, both the quality of the writing and reporting and of their business structure, as exemplified in this piece. Check 'em out if you haven't already.
How 404 Media Is Navigating 'Economic Headwinds' https://www.404media.co/how-404-media-is-navigating-economic-headwinds/
David Maus shared 24 days ago
@jwildeboer on the business model behind the recent explosion of aggressive AI web crawlers:
There's a shady market out there that gives app developers money for including a library that sells users network bandwidth.
"If you think your web-scraping is acceptable behaviour, you can thank these shady companies and the 'AI' hype for moving you to the bad corner."
https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/04/Web-is-Broken-Botnet-Part-2/
David Maus shared 27 days ago
"This AI output is highly inaccurate."
"Nah, you're just prompting it wrong."
"How do I go about prompting it the right way?"
"You really need to know the subject you're asking about. Then you can help it avoid making mistakes."
"If I know the subject deeply myself, why am I asking an AI about it?"
"It helps to train the AI."
David Maus shared 28 days ago
Wie mir diese KI-generierte Suppe überall gerade auf den Keks geht. Mülltrennung, Balkonsolar und überhaupt sehr ökologisch am Start und dann lasst ihr lustige Bilder mit Actionfiguren von euch erzeugen? Merkt ihr es noch?