DITA, General Musings2 Comments

Warding gestures and flourishes: Text analysis and the creative writing process

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Mahmud El Shafey

How text analysis applications like Voyant can be used to assist in the creative process. Continue reading Warding gestures and flourishes: Text analysis and the creative writing process

DITA, Linked Data3 Comments

Tim Berners-Lee and the lurch towards linked data

November 8, 2020 Mahmud El Shafey

As the web slowly inches closer to becoming the Semantic Web, can linked data save us? Continue reading Tim Berners-Lee and the lurch towards linked data

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Franco-Arabic and the Secret History of Writing

October 17, 2020October 18, 2020 Mahmud El Shafey

An analysis of BBC4’s Secret History of Writing and the future of writing, particularly Franco-Arabic (Arabizi). Continue reading Franco-Arabic and the Secret History of Writing

Big Data, DITA, Luciano Floridi4 Comments

CSI: Big Data

October 11, 2020October 11, 2020 Mahmud El Shafey

How big data is being used by law enforcement to solve crimes Continue reading CSI: Big Data

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My First Blog (testing, testing)

October 4, 2020October 11, 2020 Mahmud El Shafey

So, here it is, dan-da-na-na, my first blog post. Continue reading My First Blog (testing, testing)