Le mois dernier, Ben et Sara Brumfield ont présenté lors d'un séminaire -- Préserver la diversité des connaissances dans un contexte multilingue et multiculturel : enjeux et défis pour les sciences de l'information -- organisé par Amel Fraisse à l'Université de Lille en France. La vidéo de présentation et les diapositives sont ci-dessous. (Find the version of this blog … [Read more...] about Leçons de 5 Ans de Projets de Transcription en Langues Indigène
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What We Learned Building Spreadsheet Transcription
We recently released our new spreadsheet transcription feature, and we're excited about how it can unlock structured data in your collections -- everything from scientific observations to census data. We're already seeing successful & diverse projects like Sewanee's Convict Leasing Transcription Project (part of their Roberson Project on Slavery, Race, and … [Read more...] about What We Learned Building Spreadsheet Transcription
RMagick Lightning Talk at Austin On Rails
This is a transcript of my five-minute lightning talk at the July meeting of Austin On Rails, the local Ruby on Rails user group. It highlights a few things I've learned from my work on MyopicVicar and Autosplit. Hi everyone, I'm Ben Brumfield and I've been a professional Ruby on Rails developer for three whole months, [applause] and I am here to talk about RMagick! … [Read more...] about RMagick Lightning Talk at Austin On Rails
Bending Regular Expressions to Express Uncertainty
This post expands upon an email I sent to James Edward Gray II, my mentor in regular expressions, whom I thank for his generosity. For the last few months--ever since I started conducting regular expression workshops at THATCamps--I've been thinking about using regular expressions to represent uncertainty. The great power of the regex is its ability to define context, … [Read more...] about Bending Regular Expressions to Express Uncertainty