I'm open to fully remote contract, freelance, and part-time gigs

My books are open! I’m looking for remote freelance and contract work doing database migrations, data assessments, digital projects, development/programming, digital asset management, analytics, or data storytelling.
Portfolio: https://www.decolfutures.com
Email me: danareijerkerk@gmail.com

• Developer Progress on Game Menus and Characters for My Dungeons-and-Dragons Battler, Don't Talk To Me

  Posted on February 5, 2026

  It’s Thursday and here’s where I’m at in developer progress for my DnD-style (Dungeons-and-Dragons) battler, Don’t Talk To Me. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Video Games
  • Development

• In the DecolFutures News - How My Technical Writing on Indigenous Long Island Got Into Last Year's Library of Congress Program for Cooperative Cataloging Report

  Posted on February 4, 2026

  In the new issue of my newsletter, I talk about my background and research in cultural heritage/DAM data issues related to Indigenous collections/content/data. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Newsletter

• Why Decomputing and Investing in System Maintenance and Repair is Worthwhile

  Posted on January 19, 2026

  “One problem with the instinct to constantly buy more and build more is an immensely short-term focus, with little interest in the organizational and budgetary demands that go along with keeping digital infrastructure in good shape.” [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Sysadmin
  • development
  • freelance

• My Database Migration Project Has Officially Ended, Open To New Work

  Posted on January 16, 2026

  One of my long-term contracts leading a database migration has ended. For the last two years I reviewed and assessed data management systems, vetted and recommended new ones, and migrated data from CollectiveAccess to TMS Collections and ArchivEra. This project involved project management, DAM, systems administration, development, configuring VPNs and... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Freelance
  • Projects
  • DAM
  • Consulting

• How Return on Investment (ROI) Structures Aren't Compatible with Digital Asset Management (DAM) Labor

  Posted on January 12, 2026

  I’m wrapping up a database migration project with a client and the concept of ROI (return on investment) is on mind. I like to be realistic with clients and share what’s sustainable for data management/DAM based on their capacity. Traditional ROI structures aren’t a great fit for data migrations or... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • DAM
  • Data Migrations
  • Data Management
  • Client Work

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