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Taming Chaos

Taming Chaos?

Taming Chaos?

“That’s arrogant,” accused a new acquaintance at a party. Her response was not meant to extend the conversation; rather she was done with…
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The Fonds

The Fonds

True archives don’t just store things in containers. They preserve context. Respect des fonds!
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Fake News Slipup

Fake News Slipup

I’m mortified.
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How to Create a Dadaist Poem

How to Create a Dadaist Poem

To practice using video as a medium for teaching, I created a little blip about making a Dadaist poem using A Book of Surrealist Games…
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Where’s My Passport?

Where’s My Passport?

In Summer, 2015, a local academic archive generously gave me a tour of their facilities. After perusing their pleasant reading room…
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Explorations in Digital Influence

Explorations in Digital Influence

The following post is the outcome of an assignment from a course, Instructional Technologies, taught by Professor Jessica Hochman at the…
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Fellowship at the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives

Fellowship at the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives

In my last year in the Pratt Institute School of Information’s Library and Information Science graduate program, I was granted a fellowship…
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The Trials and Tribulations of Link Rot

The Trials and Tribulations of Link Rot

Please congratulate me. I’ve just finished digging up loads of blog posts I wrote for a few art publications over the years to refer to…
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Data Visualized is Visual Art

Data Visualized is Visual Art

In the very same building where I recently received my graduate degree in library and information science, a new exhibition,You Are Here…
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Vain Attempts to Tame Chaos

Vain Attempts to Tame Chaos

I recently read a portion of a riveting work entitled, Selecting & Appraising Archives and Manuscripts by Frank Boles {archived}. (If…
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The DAM that Gaslit Me

The DAM that Gaslit Me

Now that I’ve worked in Digital Asset Management (DAM) for a certain large publisher who has no clue how to provide proper tech support for…
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The Odd Accessibility of the Art Book

The Odd Accessibility of the Art Book

I am one of many people who largely view the world mostly via a computer screen. My reason for this limiting behavior is that there is an…
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