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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · 18h

Quick update: the Latin dictionary at vocabula.lat was unavailable (the site worked with the www prefix). The issue has been found and resolved.

Vocabula.lat - Search in multiple dictionaries with a single query

With a simple query, you can search in Whitaker's words, Cappelli Online and the Czech Dictionary of Medieval Latin.

vocabula.lat

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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · Sep 6

In June, an international network of humanists and technologists joined forces to advance historical text recognition and research at the Source Codes of the Past (SCOOP) conference at Princeton.

cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...

Humanists and Technologists Join Forces to Advance Historical Text Recognition and Research

cdh.princeton.edu

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Center for Digital Humanities @princetoncdh.bsky.social · Sep 4

The call for applications for the HTR Winter School in Vienna is live! CDH/MARBAS postdoc @cmroughan.bsky.social is one of the group organizers and instructors again this year. The application deadline is September 15th, 2025. www.oeaw.ac.at/en/imafo/eve...

HTR Winter School 2025 | Call for Applications!

Handwritten Text Recognition of Historical Sources

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Sep 1

Here’s a quick update on my learning app: I had an idea, what if I used my Latin dictionary to fetch grammar information and allowed users to import an entire Latin text into the app so it could be tested on that text? Guess what… it’s done!

Also extended the testing to include translations.

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Aug 30

I’m kinda desperate in my tries to learn Latin, so I made simple iOS app to help me.

Before you ask - it’s not in app store and it won’t be anytime soon. But could be extended with any words in any language.

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Aug 29

Just a few random shots from our trip to Bergen.

It’s though to be famous in Norway, sooner or later, seagulls will poop on your head.

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Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts (MSHL/CDHA) @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · Aug 15

Reminder: Two weeks left to submit an abstract for @imc-leeds.bsky.social!

#IMC2026 #Medievalsky #DH

Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · Jul 16

CfP for #IMC Leeds 6–9 July 2026
“The Endless Scroll: Digital Approaches to Medieval Time”
Sponsored by @mshl-cdha.bsky.social

How can digital methods help us study or represent medieval ideas of time?

Submit by 1 Sept 2025
#IMC2026 #DigitalHumanities #MedievalSky
IMC Padlet: tinyurl.com/52dbx5ey

CfP for IMC Leeds, 6-9 July 2026

The Endless Scroll: Digital Approaches to Medieval Time

Sponsor: Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts, Iceland
Submission deadline: 1 September 2025

The Icelandic Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts invites contributions that explore how digital methods and tools can illuminate, represent, and reinterpret medieval temporalities. While we particularly welcome research with a focus on the Northern World, this call is open to comparative or globally situated projects across disciplines, periods, and geographies that approach time as both a subject of inquiry and a structuring principle.

Possible topics may include (but are not limited to):

Visualising medieval perceptions or structures of time
Tools and technologies for measuring, representing, or distorting medieval time
Digital editions of computus texts
Digital reconstruction of objects or texts, lost or transformed over time
Manuscript temporality (e.g. mise-en-page, palimpsests, gloss traditions, marginalia) using computational approaches
Modelling temporal rhythms in liturgy, agriculture, politics, or narratives
Analysis of long-term temporalities in environmental, climatic, or landscape data
Artificial intelligence and the automation of temporal interpretation
Temporal modelling in metadata, databases, markup languages, and DH infrastructures
Interface design and user experience in projects that convey or manipulate medieval temporalities
Re-mediating or reimagining medieval time in games or immersive digital environments
Temporal poetics and the aesthetics of time in digital medievalism

Please submit an abstract of around 200 words, a short bio including affiliation and contact information, and indicate your preferred mode of participation (in-person or virtual).
Proposals and queries should be sent to Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir (kll@hi.is) no later than 1 September 2025.

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Aug 14

It was also quite a fun exercise, as it now takes images of the websites automatically instead of requiring me to edit them manually.

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Aug 14

My database of tools was updated once again www.humanities.tools. I’m also looking for anyone who would be interested in making order in tags and possibly take care of the database with me. It uses @notion.com as backend so editing is very easy.

humanities.tools

Catalogue of tools and resources for academics in the field of humanities

www.humanities.tools

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Aug 14

You might have noticed an outage of my www.vocabula.lat dictionary in the last few days. The issue has been resolved and the dictionary is running again!

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Aug 4

Proud of @vanlinduist.bsky.social for presenting her research on the Scribe H1 at the 19th International Saga Conference! 🥳

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DHdKonferenz @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social · Jul 29

📣 Call for Papers für DHd Konferenz 2026, 23.–27. Februar @univie.ac.at
🧭 Thema: „Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten“
Wie verändert digitale Modellierung geisteswissenschaftliche Erkenntnisprozesse? Fokus: materielle Kultur, Code, Interfaces, KI etc
📝 Bis 1.8.2025: dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de
#DHd2026

DHd 2026 – Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten

dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · Jul 16

CfP for #IMC Leeds 6–9 July 2026
“The Endless Scroll: Digital Approaches to Medieval Time”
Sponsored by @mshl-cdha.bsky.social

How can digital methods help us study or represent medieval ideas of time?

Submit by 1 Sept 2025
#IMC2026 #DigitalHumanities #MedievalSky
IMC Padlet: tinyurl.com/52dbx5ey

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ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · Jul 7

That’s a wrap on the Joint Training Week in Reykjavík, and with it, the first year of #ANTIDOTE! All six Working Groups presented their impressive final projects.

Thank you to everyone who made this week inspiring, productive, and unforgettable.
Takk fyrir okkur!

antidote.hi.is

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Jun 26

Having amazing time in Reykjavik working with group specialised on design and visualisation at @antidote-network.bsky.social

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Dr Katrín Lísa L. Mikaelsdóttir @vanlinduist.bsky.social · Jun 23

Great to see the ANTIDOTE joint workshop in Reykjavík that I've been co-organising up and running! Looking forward to a full week of collaboration on six very exciting projects.
antidote.hi.is

ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · Jun 23

The #ANTIDOTE joint workshop in Reykjavík is officially underway!

We're excited to welcome 45 participants who’ll spend the week working on 6 hands-on projects, including HTR, critical editions, preparing a corpus, working with metadata, and visualisation. Looking forward to an exciting week!

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · May 10

An interesting article by Daley Wilhelm about alghorithm on social networks
uxdesign.cc/its-far-past...

It’s (far past) time to control the algorithm

Should algorithmic feeds fall under user experience?

uxdesign.cc

Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Jan 18

Exciting update! Vocabula.lat now supports minim search, making it easier to find words that are hard to decipher. 🥳

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Deno @deno.land · Nov 25

It's done. Now it’s your turn, Oracle.

We’ve submitted a formal petition to cancel the JavaScript trademark: it is generic, Oracle has abandoned it, and Oracle committed fraud on the USPTO during the last trademark renewal.

It's time to #FreeJavaScript.

deno.com/blog/deno-v-...

Deno v. Oracle: Canceling the JavaScript Trademark

Oracle is holding the JavaScript trademark hostage, and we’re pursuing legal means to #FreeJavaScript. Here’s a brief update.

deno.com

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Nov 23

Do you know of a digital humanities tool that looks really good?

Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Nov 17

Does anyone know anything about the symbolism of letters in the Middle Ages, e.g. why is T bad luck?

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Oct 20

Are there any webdevs and designers yet? 🧐

Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Jan 27

Sorry for late reply, yep, here it is:

☒ File `htr-united.yml` testing failed
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Path `license`: [ordereddict([('name', 'CC-BY 4.0'), ('url', 'https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/')])] is not of type 'object'
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'volume' is a required property

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Nov 27

It looks like I'm going to be giving a lecture on UX/UI, is there anything you're curious about?

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Martin Rocek @martin.rocek.dev · Nov 8

That's cool! I recently started playing with canvases and svgs on web, it's nice to see people doing crazy things with it. 🤯 My friend sent me this the other day: paper.mmm.dev

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