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• Post #4191755

  Hello. I have questions. Firstly, we all love XML, right? How do you manage the piles of XML we create? A lot of what I've seen seems to be a bit Write Once Read Never. Are there examples of actively managing collections of XML?

• Post #2596016

  I am amazed AMAZED at all the companies apparently ecstatically happy to inject a deep layer of AI automation all across their enterprise, sacking massive groups of people, all so that one of a handful of nightmare vendors can rent-extract them into oblivion. It's such a mess.

• Post #2596015

  Lovely pair of posts on floppies! Digital Accessioning Wins, Fails and Dragon Tales https://preservation.library.harvard.edu/news/2026/05/digital-accessioning-wins-fails-and-dragon-tales-part-1 https://preservation.library.harvard.edu/news/2026/05/digital-accessioning-wins-fails-and-dragon-tales-part-2 #digipres

• Post #2339651

  @bitsgalore Hey Johan, hope you're well? Can I ask: does this still represent the state-of-the-art for your optical media processing? https://bitsgalore.org/2017/06/19/image-and-rip-optical-media-like-a-boss.html

• Post #2162973

  FWIW, the Green Party are the only party who are serious about taxing wealth, and so I'll be voting Green. #TaxWealthNotWork #ukpol #ukelections https://youtube.com/shorts/uMe_j2rr850

• Post #2092592

  Well, I generally don't like blocking people, but I finally got fed up of the aggressively unsympathetic behaviour from some folks in the fediverse. Not on DigiPres.club! You're all lovely! But further afield, all "DUH WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID" judgement and zero curiosity or kindness. Time to dust off the block hammer 😂

• Post #1974743

  The 2026 Workflow Webinars recordings are now available! https://www.dpconline.org/events/previous-events/eventdetail/661/-/digital-preservation-workflow-webinars-2026 #DigiPres

• Post #1827100

  "LLMs strip provenance from knowledge. Systematically, architecturally and by design. And in so doing, AI systems are creating a form of knowledge network decay that degrades the knowledge infrastructures that human civilization rely upon." https://jessicatalisman.substack.com/p/where-provenance-ends-knowledge-decays

• Post #1653326

  New blog post: Casting Wide https://anjackson.net/2026/04/22/casting-wide/

• Post #1653318

  Okay, my memory banks have failed... Can any else remember a blog (I think) showing how institutions collection items can get consumed by LLMs/Chatbots so they disintermediate the source institution. The user gets the image (scans of photographs IIRC) and some metadata via the chat window and the source institution knows nothing about it, gets no usage or credit....?

• Post #1566007

  It was a joy to be invited onto the Code for Thought podcast to talk about Making Data Last: https://www.dpconline.org/news/code-for-thought-podcast #DigiPres

• Post #1500753

  New blog post: Tools, Practices & People https://anjackson.net/2026/03/13/tools-practices-people/

• Post #1476415

  Bit nervous but also excited about A Thing happening tomorrow. Aaagh 😂

• Post #1049366

  I'm very excited about this upcoming (paid/members) DPC event I've been putting together... Every Object An Orchestra: A Software Preservation & Emulation Showcase https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/770/-/every-object-an-orchestra-a-software-preservation-emulation-showcase #DigiPres

• Post #836108

  For The Love https://anjackson.net/2024/05/07/for-the-love/ #DigiPres #IIPC2024

• Post #836100

  This exhibition and the associated events look awesome! I won't be able to make it unfortunately, but I hope some of you can! Digital Ghosts exhibition at Inspace (5–16 Nov, Wed-Sun, 10:00-17:00) https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/digital-ghosts/ Opening Night and Panel Discussion on 6 Nov (18:00–20:00)  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ghosts-exhibition-late-and-panel-discussion-tickets-1595886311919 Visualising Presence and Absence in Scotland’s Web Archives workshop on 15 Nov (13:00–1...

• Post #836096

  Really excited about this DPC members event: Copy That Floppy... LIVE! with @makethecatwise https://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/575/-/copy-that-floppy-live - includes the perfect Christmas gift idea for the #digipres enthusiast!