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

• Artificial Intelligence in Digitized Images & Thoughts on the December 3rd International Council on Archives Keynote Presentation

  Posted on December 4, 2025

  I attended the keynote presentation on creation, access, and re-use of digitized cultural heritage assets by the International Council on Archives yesterday. A big point of the keynote was that a digitized image is a representation or interpretation of what the original material looked like shaped by certain decisions like... [Read More]

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• 2025 Year-End Comic Sneak Peak

  Posted on December 2, 2025

  I’m preparing my year-end comic! I started making a comic strip three years ago to celebrate/self-reflect on the things I did professionally in the past 365 days that I really liked. Since I got into making indie video games, the comic has morphed into a chance to play (yes, like... [Read More]

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• Why the Disconnect & Dissonance of the DAM Fragmentation Crisis Matters

  Posted on December 1, 2025

  I wrote about why the disconnect/dissonance of DAM Fragmentation Crisis - the idea that a DAM hub is made of several disconnected systems mashed together is a norm - and was featured in DAM NEWS. [Read More]

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  • Writing

• In the DecolFutures News - Cloudflare and AWS Outages, DAM/CMS Tech Stacks, and Places to Search for Writing Accolades

  Posted on November 20, 2025

  It’s been a whirlwind of a month with my brain focusing on writing, awards, and the news about the outages at Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare. This month’s newsletter focuses on that! Check it out: https://decolfutures.beehiiv.com/p/20251120 [Read More]

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  • Newsletter

• Why DAM, CMS, and Databases Should be Concerned with Cloudflare's Outage Yesterday

  Posted on November 20, 2025

  Yesterday’s global Cloudflare outage brings up some interesting DAM/CMS/database questions and I want to talk about it. Earlier in October we saw a major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage (a lot of DAM/CMS’ use AWS for deep storage). And now Cloudflare, which is a network security suite of tools for... [Read More]

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