@simon I used your tool to created annotated presentations this week for a talk I gave - https://mulvany.net/talks/2025-05-publisherspeak-keynote-london/annotated_talk.html, thank you for making that tool!
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I am the CTO of the British Medical Journal, I have family in Koln! Alaaf!
I gave a talk yesterday at Publisherspeak in london, some notes about that talk, and links to the slides - https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/slides-from-my-talk-about-the-future-of-scholarly-publishing-c4f8c297
slides from my talk about the future of scholarly publishing
I gave a talk at the publisherspeak event yesterday here in London. I wrote a somewhat tongue in cheek post at the beginning of the year about what might be true about scholarly publishing (https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/what-things-might-be-true-about-scholarly-publishing-11d227f3), and I've been wanting to put a more constructive ...
Thought - as we get older our photo memories get increasingly filled with dead people. I wonder if services could make a filter about this.
Bloop bloop beep beep - bot problems. https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/ai-bot-traffic-a-real-problem-right-now-a6a513a3
AI Bot traffic - a real problem, right now.
We have been experiencing some disruption at BMJ due to actions needed to protect against AI bot traffic. After reading this post by eric Hellman https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2025/03/ai-bots-are-destroying-open-access.html I wanted to share some of our experiences. The issue is a real one. To quote one of my team “Unfortunately, ...
First Saturday morning swim in a while. Right knee still a bit tweak from snowboarding injury in December.
I highly recommend reading this piece about AI and DOGE https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/an-important-read-about-the-political-implications-of-llms-d77d308d
An important read about the political implications of LLMs
Should AGI-preppers embrace DOGE? - by Henry Farrell “They are not an exit door through which we can escape the human condition,” If you are a reader of this blog and you are at all fascinated with AI I implore you to read this piece. This is a critical and important piece to read. The connection between investment in AI, the DOGE agen...
Some thoughts about alt text. https://world.hey.com/ian.mulvany/alt-text-alternatives-49af08bf
alt text alternatives
Alt Text - What is to be done? What should be done? A number of accessibility requirements are coming in to law over the next year that are going to pose some unique challenges for scholarly publishers. The European Union: European Accessibility Act (EAA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While there are many accessibly requir...
I kicked the tyres on Claude code for the first time last night, I just had a few minutes before going to bed. It was by an order the most powerful code assistant I’ve used. I was also deeply impressed with the cli UX. I think having strong tests helps provide confidence.