MarineLives
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Lives touched by the marine, 1574-1688. A volunteer led collaboration publishing to the Commons. See also: https://generativelives.substack.com/
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My Generative Lives agenda for the next three months
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Here's my agenda for the next three months: generative-ai, historical research and archival practice: generativelives.substack.com/p/whats-top-... #earlymodernhistory #history #archives #ai #ml
Here's my agenda for the next three months: generative-ai, historical research and archival practice: generativelives.substack.com/p/whats-top-... #earlymodernhistory #history #archives #ai #ml
What's top of my mind?
My Generative Lives agenda for the next three months
generativelives.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here's my agenda for the next three months: generative-ai, historical research and archival practice: generativelives.substack.com/p/whats-top-... #earlymodernhistory #history #archives #ai #ml
I am starting a Substack called Generative Lives. This offers a user's perspective on generative-ai and its potential application to historical research and archival practice. The Substack is free and seeks to encourage hands-on experimentation. open.substack.com/pub/generati...
Introducing myself: Colin Greenstreet, research public historian
A user's perspective on generative ai for historical research and archival practice
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October 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I am starting a Substack called Generative Lives. This offers a user's perspective on generative-ai and its potential application to historical research and archival practice. The Substack is free and seeks to encourage hands-on experimentation. open.substack.com/pub/generati...
Hello BlueSky. I haven't been active for a while. I am looking for examples of museums, libraries and archives doing interesting things with generative ai and would welcome suggestions of websites to look at. #earlymodern #archives #libraryscience
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Hello BlueSky. I haven't been active for a while. I am looking for examples of museums, libraries and archives doing interesting things with generative ai and would welcome suggestions of websites to look at. #earlymodern #archives #libraryscience
Did ships get bigger in the C17th? Yes. Contact me if you would like access to the data and would like to discuss. And of course the devil is in the detail, but this is a relatively and well defined large dataset #earlymodern #marinehistory @thiagokrause.bsky.social @brodiewaddell.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Did ships get bigger in the C17th? Yes. Contact me if you would like access to the data and would like to discuss. And of course the devil is in the detail, but this is a relatively and well defined large dataset #earlymodern #marinehistory @thiagokrause.bsky.social @brodiewaddell.bsky.social
A potential use of AI image analysis which could be done at scale as part of an analysis of historic literacy? I loaded images of 140 signature, initial(s), mark(s) into NotebookLM & interrogated them palaeographically (with zero training). @thiagokrause.bsky.social @timhitchcock.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
A potential use of AI image analysis which could be done at scale as part of an analysis of historic literacy? I loaded images of 140 signature, initial(s), mark(s) into NotebookLM & interrogated them palaeographically (with zero training). @thiagokrause.bsky.social @timhitchcock.bsky.social
Looking for a Turkish speaker who would be willing to sample a couple of minutes of a Turkish podcast generated by Google NoteBook LM Plus [podcasts in 50 languages, handles 300 sources, very useful mindmaps]. Can send .wav file or give NB access @thiagokrause.bsky.social @timhitchcock.bsky.social
May 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looking for a Turkish speaker who would be willing to sample a couple of minutes of a Turkish podcast generated by Google NoteBook LM Plus [podcasts in 50 languages, handles 300 sources, very useful mindmaps]. Can send .wav file or give NB access @thiagokrause.bsky.social @timhitchcock.bsky.social
Looking for two or three Early Modern marine historians, marine archaeologists, and knowledgeable enthusiasts interested in exploring novel, as yet unpublished 5,000+ ship database [SOLM-QUANT] for C17th commercial (and naval) ships - Get in touch to learn more #marinehistory #earlymodern
May 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looking for two or three Early Modern marine historians, marine archaeologists, and knowledgeable enthusiasts interested in exploring novel, as yet unpublished 5,000+ ship database [SOLM-QUANT] for C17th commercial (and naval) ships - Get in touch to learn more #marinehistory #earlymodern
I have been busy these last four months. Now looking for a publisher. Any suggestions. Can supply draft chapters and appendices for anyone interested in taking a look. @timhitchcock.bsky.social @brodiewaddell.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I have been busy these last four months. Now looking for a publisher. Any suggestions. Can supply draft chapters and appendices for anyone interested in taking a look. @timhitchcock.bsky.social @brodiewaddell.bsky.social
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Enrollment is now open for the 4th edition of the Master's in Computational Social Sciences at UC3M! No prior knowledge of programming or stats is needed—perfect for social sciences grads. Questions? Contact us or ask to be connected with our student ambassadors!
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December 16, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Enrollment is now open for the 4th edition of the Master's in Computational Social Sciences at UC3M! No prior knowledge of programming or stats is needed—perfect for social sciences grads. Questions? Contact us or ask to be connected with our student ambassadors!
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We have a nice new shiny organization card for MarineLives on Hugging Face, where you can find models and datasets huggingface.co/MarineLives
December 9, 2024 at 8:56 PM
We have a nice new shiny organization card for MarineLives on Hugging Face, where you can find models and datasets huggingface.co/MarineLives
I am working with @beismo.bsky.social to fine-tune two small large language models to correct raw machine transcription of Yiddish in Hebrew script. We plan to show the results this coming Tuesday at our next ai-and-history-collaboratory @timhitchcock.bsky.social @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social
December 7, 2024 at 12:02 PM
I am working with @beismo.bsky.social to fine-tune two small large language models to correct raw machine transcription of Yiddish in Hebrew script. We plan to show the results this coming Tuesday at our next ai-and-history-collaboratory @timhitchcock.bsky.social @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social
Do you wonder what "fine-tuning" a large language model means? How could it help in historical research? Next Tuesday during our weekly one hour ai-and-history-collaboratory we are going to run some code and train a small large language model called mT5 github.com/Addaci/marin...
December 6, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Do you wonder what "fine-tuning" a large language model means? How could it help in historical research? Next Tuesday during our weekly one hour ai-and-history-collaboratory we are going to run some code and train a small large language model called mT5 github.com/Addaci/marin...
Great to see our ai-and-history-collaboratory is having some impact. And thanks to @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social for his participation. The topic for next Tuesday is fine-tuning large language models for use in historical research github.com/Addaci/marin...
December 6, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Great to see our ai-and-history-collaboratory is having some impact. And thanks to @mark-l-thompson.bsky.social for his participation. The topic for next Tuesday is fine-tuning large language models for use in historical research github.com/Addaci/marin...
Interested in learning to use large language models for historical research? We have a Colab notebook which guides non-coders through using APIs to interrogate data github.com/Addaci/Aurel...
December 3, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Interested in learning to use large language models for historical research? We have a Colab notebook which guides non-coders through using APIs to interrogate data github.com/Addaci/Aurel...
We have a Google colab notebook as background to session two of our ai and history collaboratory. If you are interested please try some of the exericises - no code required github.com/Addaci/marin...
December 2, 2024 at 6:57 PM
We have a Google colab notebook as background to session two of our ai and history collaboratory. If you are interested please try some of the exericises - no code required github.com/Addaci/marin...
We are holding the second session of our ai-and-history collaboratory on Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 at 4 pm London time. We will be learning how to use APIs to control large language models for historical research. github.com/Addaci/marin...
November 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
We are holding the second session of our ai-and-history collaboratory on Tuesday, December 3rd 2024 at 4 pm London time. We will be learning how to use APIs to control large language models for historical research. github.com/Addaci/marin...
Curious about our ai-and-history-collaboration? We hold one hour ZOOM dropin sessions each Thursday at 4 pm London time. Direct mail us if you are interested in finding out more. github.com/Addaci/marin...
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November 28, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Curious about our ai-and-history-collaboration? We hold one hour ZOOM dropin sessions each Thursday at 4 pm London time. Direct mail us if you are interested in finding out more. github.com/Addaci/marin...
1/ The first session of the eight session ai-and-history-collaboratory took place yesterday. Great turnout and stimulating discussion of how to prompt large language models in the context of historical research. github.com/Addaci/marin...
November 27, 2024 at 8:20 AM
1/ The first session of the eight session ai-and-history-collaboratory took place yesterday. Great turnout and stimulating discussion of how to prompt large language models in the context of historical research. github.com/Addaci/marin...
Our ai-and-history-collaboratory kicks off this Tuesday for the first of eight sessions. This Tuesday we are discussing Prompt Engineering. github.com/Addaci/marin... #skystorians #machinelearning
November 25, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Our ai-and-history-collaboratory kicks off this Tuesday for the first of eight sessions. This Tuesday we are discussing Prompt Engineering. github.com/Addaci/marin... #skystorians #machinelearning
Great article on training librarians in digital humanities
If you're interested in digital humanities and pedagogy, here's my latest about training librarians in DH: ideah.pubpub.org/pub/mj651yt4.... Thanks to the DHSI (Digital Humanities Summer Institute) folks, and the MLIS students who let me talk about their terrific work! Go #DH and #libraries
Training MLIS Students in DH: Hands-On Consultation Project
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November 25, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Great article on training librarians in digital humanities
An exceptionally helpful post by @burtenshaw.bsky.social I have changed session 4 of our ai-and-history collaboratory to tackle data broadly, including creation and use of synthetic data github.com/Addaci/marin...
November 21, 2024 at 11:35 AM
An exceptionally helpful post by @burtenshaw.bsky.social I have changed session 4 of our ai-and-history collaboratory to tackle data broadly, including creation and use of synthetic data github.com/Addaci/marin...
The slides and video from my talk yesterday at the IHR Digital Seminar on ai and history ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues...
November 20, 2024 at 9:17 AM
The slides and video from my talk yesterday at the IHR Digital Seminar on ai and history ihrdighist.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2024/09/tues...
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I wrote the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. It’ll be available as paperback or ebook next month. Sharing the Amazon link here because it includes the reviews / testimonials from the back cover. #history #AcademicWriting 🗃️
www.amazon.com/Craft-Histor...
www.amazon.com/Craft-Histor...
Amazon.com: The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish: 9783031684562: Land, Isaac: Books
Amazon.com: The Craft of Historical Research: A Practical Guide from Start to Finish: 9783031684562: Land, Isaac: Books
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November 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
I wrote the book I wish I’d had when I was starting out. It’ll be available as paperback or ebook next month. Sharing the Amazon link here because it includes the reviews / testimonials from the back cover. #history #AcademicWriting 🗃️
www.amazon.com/Craft-Histor...
www.amazon.com/Craft-Histor...
Fascinating primary source on Dutch/Venetian relations in early C17th. I am going to read this carefully and cross-reference against our growing High Court of Admiralty Corpus from the 1610s and 1620s #skystorians #earlymodern
After four years of work, I was delighted and honoured to present the digital edition of Suriano's letters to Giorgo Novello, his modern successor in The Hague. A very special moment in my academic career thus far.
The edition is freely available, go and check it out: suriano.huygens.knaw.nl
The edition is freely available, go and check it out: suriano.huygens.knaw.nl
November 19, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Fascinating primary source on Dutch/Venetian relations in early C17th. I am going to read this carefully and cross-reference against our growing High Court of Admiralty Corpus from the 1610s and 1620s #skystorians #earlymodern
I am compiling a list of potential sources of English language history related training data & metadata to fine-tune large language history domain models. They have varying licencing terms. What am I missing? @danielvanstrien.bsky.social github.com/Addaci/marin...
November 18, 2024 at 10:20 AM
I am compiling a list of potential sources of English language history related training data & metadata to fine-tune large language history domain models. They have varying licencing terms. What am I missing? @danielvanstrien.bsky.social github.com/Addaci/marin...