Well, at the age of 41 (and quite a bit), I have been on a seesaw for the first time! And started taking instant photographs. Not at the same time …

#Advent seems to have arrived. How did that happen. I had a lovely email from the Rector of Holy Trinity Melrose to say the choir would like to perform this. Their service is at 6.30pm today if you happen to be in the area, and being streamed live on youtube, too! youtu.be/EAaVpBgl7Fc?...

Today's a busy day in #digitalhumanities at Oxford ...

Very much looking forward to this discussion with Goran, tomorrow!

This should be an exciting discussion!

Join us for a conversation with some remarkable artists and photographers about what AI means for their work in photography.

From 25.10 to 5.12, 'Press The Shutter, Type The Prompt' will be on display at @mfoxford.bsky.social, as part of the Photo Oxford Festival It will showcase 3 artistic projects that explore the intersections of #Truth & #AI Works by Michael Christopher Brown, Haley Morris Cafiero, & Stéphanie Hubert

The next Bodleian Student Editions session will run on 11th November – it’s a great opportunity for students to learn about editing and transcribing early modern letters. Spaces are still available - find out more & sign up: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/bodlei...

Today is the start of Photo Oxford, and our international exhibition hosted by Digital Scholarship at Oxford and Maison Française d’Oxford is opening.

Well, in the midst of grindingly grim news, here's a photograph of the mountains above Llyn Mwngil. #photography #cymru

As we roll on towards Michaelmas, I am reminded that it was fifteen years ago this month that my piece 'Factum est silentium' was first performed at St Paul's Cathedral. It got a couple of outings over the next few years, but I'm not sure if anyone else has ever performed it. #choralmusic

My colleague @goran-gaber.bsky.social is thought-provoking as always in this article - a pleasure to read, and a pleasure to think on.

As today seems to be the day allotted for marking five years since the #coronavirus #pandemic began, here is a short piece I wrote for Calmus Ensemble as part of their project to collect musical 'statements' on the period. youtu.be/JXvPuDAQetA

Come along and meet us!

Don’t forget that you can join us in Cardiff tomorrow for a free workshop on the new Towards Digital Collections training materials for the cultural heritage and collections sector. #towardsdigitalcollections #tanc #towardsanationalcollection

A good place to think about a new Welsh opera. In these stones horizons sing.

Looking forward to these!

It's freezing outside, and so it seems apt to share something icy. I rate these two pictures amongst the most pleasing I have taken, thus far. They were worth a cold early start. For the technically curious: Pentax SPII, SMC Takumar 50/1.4, Rollei RPX 400 film developed in 510 Pyro.

Preservation is at the heart of what we do. This year, we released the Vanishing Culture report— detailing instances of cultural loss and emphasizing the role that libraries and archives play in preserving materials. Help us in saving these resources:https://archive.org/donate/?origin=blsky-eoy2024

I’ve been giving X a hard eye for the year or so since Elon Musk took ownership and my very small share in the company was returned to me. Now, though, his outright support for destabilising hard-right movers like Farrage in the UK and the AFD in Germany tells a story that it’s impossible to ignore.

Congratulations, Helle!

For all you digital humanists at Oxford ...

You can take the boy out of the church, but .... For the beginning of Advent, 'Drop down, ye heavens.' There are proper recordings on various platforms, but this was the première. I finished writing it a whole hour or so beforehand ... on.soundcloud.com/6B7h7M1CNyEK... #choral #music #advent

Our next Digital Scholarship coffee morning is on the 3rd December, and we’ll be hearing from Phil Dines, project manager for the @torchoxford.bsky.social Fantasy Futures project! Find out more at: digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/digita...

I'm looking forward to hearing how people receive and use these! There's a nice open-endedness to a lot of the steps, suggesting things to consider rather than presenting a didactic 'one true way,' which (I hope!) is valuable in an evolving field. #digitisatalcollections

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

In the past, I have tended to keep different accounts for different interests. I've never been able to decide if it really works, and my academia and music posts were always in the same place, anyway. So, I'll try a little integration and see how it goes. #SocialMedia101 #DecisionsDecisions

Here are a few pictures of @agneatha.bsky.social and Dave De Roure introducing towardsdigitalcollections.org at the #TaNC #UnlockingCollections conference. It's a new resource we have been working on to help collections institutions along their journey towards digital collections.

My team at @discoxford.bsky.social is recruiting three new Senior Research Software Engineers. If you can see yourself working with researchers & innovative methods to build & implement digital tools to explore culture & ideas, this may be for you! More information: t.co/rfOKciCAWD

Well, perhaps I should break the bluesky ice by saying something, something profound. Well, here we are then.