Mita Williams

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@GetPinsApp Hello, I’m not allowed to import pins anymore. Error is “The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format.”

Announcing our panel for #SPDays24! Artificial Intelligence: Apprehension & Anticipation. Panelists: Mita Williams & Dr. Maura Grossman Moderator: Michael Ridley View the full SP Days Agenda: ocul.on.ca/spday/2024/age… Register now: bit.ly/49vAqtE

Just published! A new @ProgHist lesson by @copystar: doi.org/10.46430/phen0… Thanks to @drchrisjyoung and Adam Porter for their reviews, and to Rolando Rodriguez for editing.

Inspired by @copystar's sabbatical thinking about games and play doi.org/10.5920/jpa.10… #AccessLibConf

Flexing like a goddamn acrobat

@rlarocque Dammit. I’m sorry. ❤️

Librarian of Things: What is Wikidata and Why You Should Do Data Entry for the Greater Good librarian.aedileworks.com/2023/06/02/wha… #CALLACBD2023

Librarian of Things: Weeknote 16, 2023 §1 Injustice for All, Part Two §2 CBC: DIY law is on the rise §3 Ontario police hires no longer need a post-secondary education §4 What Wolfram|Alpha knows about US District Courts §5 The Running of the Interns librarian.aedileworks.com/2023/04/28/wee…

UofWinds 326, Week 13: Appendix: Witch Hunts, Pentiment, What Even Is Justice? with Amanda Knox: uofwinds.com/326/

Librarian of Things: Weeknote 12, 2023 §1 Pentiment §2 Ms. Attribution §3 The Social Future of Academic Libraries §4 One of only seven Black scholars to receive Information Science PhDs in her year librarian.aedileworks.com/2023/03/31/wee…

for anyone interested, the slides from the talk are also here...though do NOT miss the best part of the video at the end :) the open convo has cameos from @lucasj__ @actualham @harmonygritz + great chat contributions from @hey_km @copystar & more #slide=id.p" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">docs.google.com/presentation/d…

@hankgreen Of possible interest? I expanded on your insights on ai... librarian.aedileworks.com/2023/03/27/the…

There it is... twitter.com/elonmusk/statu…

The only thing that makes sense to me is that the plan is to, eventually, make the non-Blue twitter experience so bad (and possibly full of invisible pieces of content) that the entire Twitter experience is basically behind a paywall.

The push to AI is meant to devalue the open web so we will move to web3 for compensation: librarian.aedileworks.com/2023/03/27/the…

Super interesting article. All the hits - TikTok as the new google, ChatGPT but best of all "authentic human results". Loved it! librarian.aedileworks.com/2022/12/19/aut…

"Almost 50 Canadian universities and colleges signed the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The charter...acknowledged the ethical responsibility of universities “to give voice to alternative ways of knowing.”

Your signal is understood and satisfactory. tmblr.co/Zca4PScpr3GmGu…

❤️ This was all I ever wanted! ❤️

@hankgreen Hello Hank! Could you please post your "My Advice" ("I just did a university event...") on @HankTikTok? It is such a lovely message and it is one that gave me some comfort. (Although my daughter says its too long :)

This slide about tabletop games as paper computers comes from this inspiring syllabi from Jentery Sayers jntry.work/archive/syllab…

You can no longer buy the original Metagame but you can print and play that game here: metaga.me

Here's a partial bibliography of my #AccessLibConf lightning talk, The Metagame: The Libraryland edition The Journal of Play in Adulthood has special issues on play in libraries, play in academia and play for learning: journalofplayinadulthood.org.uk/issues/