davidbawden.bsky.social
Occasional informationist. Academic. Londoner.
Website and blog at www.theoccasionalinformationist.com.
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- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialImbolc. The snowdrops return to the garden. With a dark and rainy day, folklore says that the Cailleach can't go out to collect firewood, and winter comes to an end.
- Marie Curie in the history of bibliographic control. New blog post theoccasionalinformationist.com/2026/01/20/t...
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- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialMaxwell's Demon was born OTD in 1867 in a letter to Peter Guthrie Tait. M called it only a “finite being.” Lord Kelvin named it a “demon,” presumably referring to its apparent unearthly power to (locally and temporarily) violate the second law of thermodynamics. 🦫🦋 #HistSTM #philsci 🧪
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- A voice out of the dark of time; the once and future LIS discipline. New blog post by myself and @lynrobinson.bsky.social. theoccasionalinformationist.com/2025/11/25/a...
- Drawing particularly on the writings of @floridi.bsky.social, @lorcand.bsky.social, @dixondom.bsky.social, and Niels Winfield Lund
- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialLovely to see this nod from somebody whose work is central here.
- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialGreat reading for LIS folks - covers development of LIS related disciplines through to contemporary concerns for information professionals and LIS students.
- I like the 'boots of concrete' phrase :-) > 'Large companies have built vast consolidated infrastructure - we are used to thinking of information as immaterial, however, AI has also emphasized how the cloud has boots of concrete.' buff.ly/MAzHirK
- Information re-reviewed. A thorough and insightful review of concepts and theories of information by Luke Tredinnick ... new blog post theoccasionalinformationist.com/2025/09/27/i...
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- Dark matter and information revisited. Gravity and entropy. Einstein and railway timetables. New blog post. theoccasionalinformationist.com/2025/08/29/d...
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- Why everything is complex. The law of increasing functional information. New blog post. theoccasionalinformationist.com/2025/08/16/w...
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- An intriguing editorial letter from @floridi.bsky.social in Philosophy and Technology, proposing a new academic discipline of 'Content Studies', as a response to the increasing complexity of digital content [well-formed, meaningful data, conveyed through media). link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.social'The Albert Bridge' (1966) by Edward Bawden
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- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialDr Carla Hayden was a truly great Librarian of Congress. It is an outrage that she has been sacked - a national shame on the United States. I had the pleasure of knowing her and working with her - she’ll continue to do good in the next phase of her career whatever that is.
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- Silver plus one. New blog post in which I invoke Charles Darwin and @floridi.bsky.social in reflecting on why a personal blog is still worthwhile, if only as notes to oneself tinyurl.com/3ud5b7fx
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- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialWe’re moving ahead with groundbreaking plans to transform our St Pancras site. This multi-purpose extension will include new spaces for exhibitions, events, learning, research and business support, and enable us to deliver new programmes too. Find out more: bit.ly/BLStPancrasT...
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- Reposted by davidbawden.bsky.socialWhen I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
