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 AI (12)

Reflections on My 2025 Experimental Archives Conference Talk
Connect With the DecolFutures Newsletter
Behind The Scenes at my Talk at the UK National Archives
Upcoming Public Talk at the National Archives
In the Newsletter - Reflecting on my AI Projects from the Last Two Years
I Presented at the DLF Forum - Saying Goodbye to Relational Possibilities in 2024
Come hear me speak about AI, Archives, and Emotions at a free hybrid conference at the Centre for Public History at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland
The Relational Possibilities Project Wins Honorable Mention for the Library Juice Press, the Vattemare Award
Hear About Our Methods for The Relational Possibilities Project
The Relational Possibilities Project Appears in Biblio-Notes
I'm Presenting about AI and Archivists' Emotional Labor in Northern Ireland
I'm presenting my generative AI, video game, art exhibition project at BitCurator Forum

 AI in Cultural Heritage (1)

How do GLAMs Use AI and LLMs for Content Management Labor?

 ART library deco (1)

My Freelance Client ART library deco Won the TDL Award for Excellence

 Animation (10)

Reflections on Doing Art for the 2025 Robot Party Game Jam
Zewers Indie Game Update
Art for Parallax Background and Rat Boy's Idle Walk Animation Done
Art for My New 2D Cozy Horror Game is Coming Along
Goodbye "Hear Me, Hear You," and Hello Top-Down JRPG Game
Hear Me, Hear You is Now Out
Hear Me, Hear You Official Game Trailer is Out on YouTube Now
Play as a monster eager to make NEW FRIENDS
All Are Welcome Video Game Official Trailer Out Now
I'm presenting at the Interactive Film & Media Conference in Toronto, Canada

 App (1)

I built an Android App!

 Archives (5)

Reflections on My 2025 Experimental Archives Conference Talk
Connect With the DecolFutures Newsletter
Behind The Scenes at my Talk at the UK National Archives
Upcoming Public Talk at the National Archives
Come hear me speak about AI, Archives, and Emotions at a free hybrid conference at the Centre for Public History at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland

 Artificial Intelligence (1)

Books, Bodies, and Bots - Upcoming Talk at the Experimental Archives Conference at Kingston University's School of Art

 Award (4)

Winner of the 2025 Texas Digital Library Award for Excellence
The Relational Possibilities Project Wins Honorable Mention for the Library Juice Press, the Vattemare Award
The Society of American Archivists Officially Announced my Award-Winning Article
I Won the SAA Fellows' Ernst Posner Award For My Writing

 Awards (1)

My Research on Archival Personas and Archivists' Emotional Labor Won the 2025 MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award for Best Article

 Black Canvases (2)

Call for Black Canvases Featured on Sea Green Zines Website
Call for Submissions to a New Open Access Black Cultural (Heritage) Zine

 Client Work (9)

How Return on Investment (ROI) Structures Aren't Compatible with Digital Asset Management (DAM) Labor
How Digital Asset Management Helps With Data Management
Read About My Freelancing Work with ART | library deco in Metropolitan Archivist
How Digital Asset Management Report Templates Save You Time
Grab a copy of a free DAM Project Plan Template
I'm available for remote freelance contracts and projects!
I'm a data freelancer and consultant who provides sociotechnical services
Museum Exhibit on the History of Japanese Artists in NYC Pre-WW2 is Live
Check out my latest webcomic and the ART | library deco newsletter

 Comic (3)

January 5, 2026 DecolFutures Newsetter Issue is Out
As the Crow Flies 2024 Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
Reflections of a Data Professional Comic

 Consulting (1)

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

 DAM (14)

My Database Migration Project Has Officially Ended, Open To New Work
How Return on Investment (ROI) Structures Aren't Compatible with Digital Asset Management (DAM) Labor
Ways Non-Developers Help With Digital Preservation of Code
January 5, 2026 DecolFutures Newsetter Issue is Out
How do GLAMs Use AI and LLMs for Content Management Labor?
The Unsaid Labor Required for Working Inside a CMS or DAM
Three Ways to Strategically Plan for Data Migrations
3 Things to Know About Working with Cloud-Based DAM/CMS
Designing Realistic Data Systems for Multi-departmental Workflows Poster Now Archived on Zenodo
Ever wonder how the back-end of your CMS, DAM, or Website works? I'm Open to Work.
Read About Considerations for Open-Source and Proprietary DAM Solutions in DAM News
As the Crow Flies 2024 Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
How Digital Asset Management Report Templates Save You Time
Grab a copy of a free DAM Project Plan Template

 Data Management (1)

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

 Data Migration (1)

The Dreaded Database Migration Problem is We Forget Staff Are Users Too

 Data Migrations (1)

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

 Data Projects (1)

I Updated My Portfolio With Detailed Data Projects and Writing Pages

 Data Science (2)

As the Crow Flies 2024 Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
I'm presenting at the Interactive Film & Media Conference in Toronto, Canada

 Data Visualization (2)

Take a break with me! Behold my 2025 year end comic.
New Newsletter Issue - Look at How Cool Your Data Can be Presented

 Decolonization (1)

Issue 4 of the DecolFutures Newsletter is Out!

 Descriptions (1)

How do GLAMs Use AI and LLMs for Content Management Labor?

 Development (2)

Ways Non-Developers Help With Digital Preservation of Code
Don't Talk To Me Video Game Project Progress To Date

 Digital Asset Management (1)

In the Newsletter - Different Sectors Use Different Words to Describe Adding Metadata

 Digital Preservation (1)

Ways Non-Developers Help With Digital Preservation of Code

 Education (2)

How Digital Asset Management Report Templates Save You Time
Grab a copy of a free DAM Project Plan Template

 Freelance (35)

My Database Migration Project Has Officially Ended, Open To New Work
Take a break with me! Behold my 2025 year end comic.
My books are open! To give you ideas of my expertise, here's a summary of my 2025 projects.
Artificial Intelligence in Digitized Images & Thoughts on the December 3rd International Council on Archives Keynote Presentation
2025 Year-End Comic Sneak Peak
Why the Disconnect & Dissonance of the DAM Fragmentation Crisis Matters
Why DAM, CMS, and Databases Should be Concerned with Cloudflare's Outage Yesterday
3 Ways to Make Your Data Work Visible
I'm Looking for Remote Freelance, Part-Time, and Contract Work
The Unsaid Labor Required for Working Inside a CMS or DAM
Three Ways to Strategically Plan for Data Migrations
3 Things to Know About Working with Cloud-Based DAM/CMS
Six Projects I Worked on This Year for Portfolio Day
Design Thinking in 4 Ways - Data Assessment Edition
Unspoken Tasks for a Data Migration
Growing my Indie Developer Skills
Work in Progress For My New Dungeons-And-Dragons-Style Game Titled Don't Talk To Me
I Updated My Portfolio and Added a New Page for My Video Game Projects
Read My Exhibitor Interview Published For the 2024 SuperFEST Game Festival
Designing Realistic Data Systems for Multi-departmental Workflows Poster Now Archived on Zenodo
Ever wonder how the back-end of your CMS, DAM, or Website works? I'm Open to Work.
My Freelance Client ART library deco Won the TDL Award for Excellence
As the Crow Flies 2024 Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
Story-Driven Psychological Horror Visual Novel Late Night Surfing Launches Today on Itch.io
How Digital Asset Management Helps With Data Management
Read About My Freelancing Work with ART | library deco in Metropolitan Archivist
How Digital Asset Management Report Templates Save You Time
Grab a copy of a free DAM Project Plan Template
I'm available for remote freelance contracts and projects!
I'm a data freelancer and consultant who provides sociotechnical services
Get the TL;DR of Recognition Politics in the US
Museum Exhibit on the History of Japanese Artists in NYC Pre-WW2 is Live
Check out my latest webcomic and the ART | library deco newsletter
I finished a costs of digitization data science project
Meet the decol Futures Brand

 Freelance Data Services (1)

Ways Non-Developers Help With Digital Preservation of Code

 Game Jam (4)

Reflections on Doing Art for the 2025 Robot Party Game Jam
I'm the Main Artist in the 2025 Robot Party Game Jam
The Player Reviews for Late Night Surfing Are In
Late Night Surfing Nominated for Best Thumbnail in the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam

 Indie Developer (4)

Indie Dev Log - New Art Assets
New WIP Art Assets Include a Polaroid, Backgrounds, and Dark Vibes
Zewers Indie Game Update
Art for Parallax Background and Rat Boy's Idle Walk Animation Done

 Industry News (1)

Industry Insights for Web Accessibility in GLAM

 LLMs (1)

How do GLAMs Use AI and LLMs for Content Management Labor?

 Newsletter (23)

January 5, 2026 DecolFutures Newsetter Issue is Out
In the DecolFutures News - Cloudflare and AWS Outages, DAM/CMS Tech Stacks, and Places to Search for Writing Accolades
In the DecolFutures News - 3 Ways to Build Your Data Portfolio, Game Jam Doodles, And More
In the DecolFutures News - Game Jams, Art Critic Fellowships, And More
In the DecolFutures News - Don't Talk To Me Behind the Scenes and Curated Decolonization News
In the DecolFutures News - I Am Exhausted By You Zine and 5 Funded Data Fellowship Opportunities
In the DecolFutures News - Behind-the-Scenes, Art Critic Essay Prize Contest, and Portfolio Piece Ideas
In the DecolFutures News - Art Writing Prize, Research Fellowship, and Data Tools for Libraries, Archives, and Research
In the decolFutures Newsletter - How to Start Publishing Your Data Work
In DecolFutures News - Yale's New Metadata Guidelines, Taxonomy Bootcamps, and Behind-the-Scenes Dev Adventures
In DecolFutures News - Mid-Career Remote Fellowship, Data Skills Promo, and Archivist Publishing Insights
In decolFutures news- An Online Curatorial Class, My Article in DAM News, and Doodles for My Next Indie Video Game
New Newsletter Just Dropped
In the Newsletter - Fall is for Self-Reflection
In the Newsletter - Different Sectors Use Different Words to Describe Adding Metadata
In the Newsletter - Data Work is Storytelling, Learn to Tell Good Ones
New Newsletter Just Dropped - Servers, More Game Jams, and Data as Dev Work?
New decolFutures Newsletter - Math is Your Data Nerd Best Friend
Should You Join a Professional Group?
New Newsletter Issue - Look at How Cool Your Data Can be Presented
The Dreaded Database Migration Problem is We Forget Staff Are Users Too
July Issue of the DecolFutures Newsletter is Now Out
Issue 4 of the DecolFutures Newsletter is Out!

 Open Access (1)

Read About Considerations for Open-Source and Proprietary DAM Solutions in DAM News

 Portfolio (1)

I Updated My Portfolio and Added a New Page for My Video Game Projects

 Projects (23)

My Database Migration Project Has Officially Ended, Open To New Work
Don't Talk To Me Video Game Project Progress To Date
Read My Exhibitor Interview Published For the 2024 SuperFEST Game Festival
Call for Black Canvases Featured on Sea Green Zines Website
My Freelance Client ART library deco Won the TDL Award for Excellence
Call for Submissions to a New Open Access Black Cultural (Heritage) Zine
New Issue of Newsletter Out Now
New Data Project with Open Submissions by The Creative CoLab Launches March 5th
Connect With the DecolFutures Newsletter
Behind The Scenes at my Talk at the UK National Archives
Upcoming Public Talk at the National Archives
Behind-the-Scenes New Pixel Platformer Game In the Works
Over 200 Downloads of My Indie Game Demo For Late Night Surfing
In the Newsletter - Reflecting on my AI Projects from the Last Two Years
I Presented at the DLF Forum - Saying Goodbye to Relational Possibilities in 2024
I built an Android App!
I'm Bringing TV Reruns to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam
I Test Out Making a JRPG in GameMaker With My Latest Game Jam Project
The Relational Possibilities Project Wins Honorable Mention for the Library Juice Press, the Vattemare Award
My month of 4 game jams and what's next for my indie game dev adventure
Using the IIIF Workbench to Make a Dope Black Visual Archive
2023 NaMoWriMo Novel Writing Challenge Complete!
Full Release of "All Are Welcome" Video Game

 Public Speaking (10)

Reflections on My 2025 Experimental Archives Conference Talk
Books, Bodies, and Bots - Upcoming Talk at the Experimental Archives Conference at Kingston University's School of Art
As the Crow Flies 2024 Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
I Presented at the DLF Forum - Saying Goodbye to Relational Possibilities in 2024
Come hear me speak about AI, Archives, and Emotions at a free hybrid conference at the Centre for Public History at Queen's University Belfast in Northern Ireland
Hear About Our Methods for The Relational Possibilities Project
I'm Presenting about AI and Archivists' Emotional Labor in Northern Ireland
I'm presenting at the Interactive Film & Media Conference in Toronto, Canada
I'm presenting my generative AI, video game, art exhibition project at BitCurator Forum
Upcoming October 2023 Conference Presentations

 Publications (9)

Introducing My New Zine Project - I AM EXAUSTED BY YOU, A zine to share my unpublished work
Designing Realistic Data Systems for Multi-departmental Workflows Poster Now Archived on Zenodo
Call for Submissions - Black Canvases Featured on the RBMS News Blog
Publication Date Announced for My Book Chapter on Transliteracy in Archival Teaching
Connect With the DecolFutures Newsletter
Behind The Scenes at my Talk at the UK National Archives
Upcoming Public Talk at the National Archives
New Research Drop - Flexible Work Empowers (flexible work arrangements make work more inclusive)
Read For Free - Research on Removing Knowledge Barriers in Collection Management

 Research (27)

My Searching for Paumanok Research was Cited in the Library of Congress' Program for Cooperative Cataloging April 10, 2025 Final Report
Read My Short Horror Story "Do You Like My Art" in My I AM EXHAUSTED BY YOU Zine's Latest Issue
My Research on Archival Personas and Archivists' Emotional Labor Won the 2025 MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award for Best Article
My New Chapter From IFLA/De Gruyter on the Systems Design Behind an Archival Literacy OER Just Released
Read My Chapter on Open Access Mandates and Indigenous Materials on Zenodo
Reflections on My 2025 Experimental Archives Conference Talk
Books, Bodies, and Bots - Upcoming Talk at the Experimental Archives Conference at Kingston University's School of Art
I Am Exhausted By You Vol.2 Zine Out Now
Introducing My New Zine Project - I AM EXAUSTED BY YOU, A zine to share my unpublished work
Designing Realistic Data Systems for Multi-departmental Workflows Poster Now Archived on Zenodo
Winner of the 2025 Texas Digital Library Award for Excellence
Publication Date Announced for My Book Chapter on Transliteracy in Archival Teaching
New Research Drop - Flexible Work Empowers (flexible work arrangements make work more inclusive)
Read For Free - Research on Removing Knowledge Barriers in Collection Management
My Book Chapter on Personas, Archives and Emotional Labor Published by Bloomsbury Publishing
In the Newsletter - Reflecting on my AI Projects from the Last Two Years
I Presented at the DLF Forum - Saying Goodbye to Relational Possibilities in 2024
Hear About Our Methods for The Relational Possibilities Project
The Relational Possibilities Project Appears in Biblio-Notes
Get the TL;DR of Recognition Politics in the US
I'm Presenting about AI and Archivists' Emotional Labor in Northern Ireland
I'm presenting at the Interactive Film & Media Conference in Toronto, Canada
I'm presenting my generative AI, video game, art exhibition project at BitCurator Forum
Latest Publication - The American Archivist Fall/Winter 2023 issue
Issues in Authority Control DLF Blog Post
Latest Publication - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B
Upcoming October 2023 Conference Presentations

 Sysadmin (1)

Why Decomputing and Investing in System Maintenance and Repair is Worthwhile

 Technical Writing (1)

I finished a costs of digitization data science project

 The Creative CoLab (4)

My Freelance Client ART library deco Won the TDL Award for Excellence
Call for Submissions to a New Open Access Black Cultural (Heritage) Zine
New Issue of Newsletter Out Now
New Data Project with Open Submissions by The Creative CoLab Launches March 5th

 UI Design (1)

I'm Bringing TV Reruns to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam

 UX Design (1)

Industry Insights for Web Accessibility in GLAM

 Video Game (33)

Don't Talk To Me Video Game Project Progress To Date
Reflections on Doing Art for the 2025 Robot Party Game Jam
Growing my Indie Developer Skills
I'm the Main Artist in the 2025 Robot Party Game Jam
Work in Progress For My New Dungeons-And-Dragons-Style Game Titled Don't Talk To Me
Video Game Dev Update - WIPs (Works in Progress)
Month of May's Game Dev Progress
Indie Dev Log - New Art Assets
New WIP Art Assets Include a Polaroid, Backgrounds, and Dark Vibes
Zewers Game Dev Log - April 22, 2025
Zewers Indie Game Update
Art for Parallax Background and Rat Boy's Idle Walk Animation Done
Art for My New 2D Cozy Horror Game is Coming Along
Behind-the-Scenes New Pixel Platformer Game In the Works
The Player Reviews for Late Night Surfing Are In
Late Night Surfing Nominated for Best Thumbnail in the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam
Over 200 Downloads of My Indie Game Demo For Late Night Surfing
I built an Android App!
Story-Driven Psychological Horror Visual Novel Late Night Surfing Launches Today on Itch.io
A Friday the 13th Teaser For Late Night Surfing
I'm Bringing TV Reruns to the Spooktober Visual Novel Jam
I Test Out Making a JRPG in GameMaker With My Latest Game Jam Project
Goodbye "Hear Me, Hear You," and Hello Top-Down JRPG Game
Hear Me, Hear You is Now Out
Hear Me, Hear You Official Game Trailer is Out on YouTube Now
New Profile Photo by Esskaden
My month of 4 game jams and what's next for my indie game dev adventure
Play a cozy game (I do non-horror now)!
Play as a monster eager to make NEW FRIENDS
All Are Welcome Video Game Official Trailer Out Now
I'm presenting my generative AI, video game, art exhibition project at BitCurator Forum
Announcing "Moonlight" my next upcoming video game
Full Release of "All Are Welcome" Video Game

 Video Games (3)

Read My Short Horror Story "Do You Like My Art" in My I AM EXHAUSTED BY YOU Zine's Latest Issue
I Updated My Portfolio and Added a New Page for My Video Game Projects
Read My Exhibitor Interview Published For the 2024 SuperFEST Game Festival

 Web Accessibility (1)

Industry Insights for Web Accessibility in GLAM

 Writing (27)

My Searching for Paumanok Research was Cited in the Library of Congress' Program for Cooperative Cataloging April 10, 2025 Final Report
Why the Disconnect & Dissonance of the DAM Fragmentation Crisis Matters
Read My Short Horror Story "Do You Like My Art" in My I AM EXHAUSTED BY YOU Zine's Latest Issue
My Research on Archival Personas and Archivists' Emotional Labor Won the 2025 MARAC Arline Custer Memorial Award for Best Article
My New Chapter From IFLA/De Gruyter on the Systems Design Behind an Archival Literacy OER Just Released
Read My Chapter on Open Access Mandates and Indigenous Materials on Zenodo
I Am Exhausted By You Vol.2 Zine Out Now
In the decolFutures Newsletter - How to Start Publishing Your Data Work
Read About Considerations for Open-Source and Proprietary DAM Solutions in DAM News
As the Crow Flies 2024 Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
My Book Chapter on Personas, Archives and Emotional Labor Published by Bloomsbury Publishing
Should You Join a Professional Group?
New Newsletter Issue - Look at How Cool Your Data Can be Presented
The Society of American Archivists Officially Announced my Award-Winning Article
The Dreaded Database Migration Problem is We Forget Staff Are Users Too
Goodbye "Hear Me, Hear You," and Hello Top-Down JRPG Game
Read About My Freelancing Work with ART | library deco in Metropolitan Archivist
July Issue of the DecolFutures Newsletter is Now Out
Hear About Our Methods for The Relational Possibilities Project
I Won the SAA Fellows' Ernst Posner Award For My Writing
The Relational Possibilities Project Appears in Biblio-Notes
Get the TL;DR of Recognition Politics in the US
Reflections of a Data Professional Comic
Latest Publication - The American Archivist Fall/Winter 2023 issue
2023 NaMoWriMo Novel Writing Challenge Complete!
Issues in Authority Control DLF Blog Post
Latest Publication - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B

 Zewers (1)

Video Game Dev Update - WIPs (Works in Progress)

 Zewers Game (5)

Indie Dev Log - New Art Assets
New WIP Art Assets Include a Polaroid, Backgrounds, and Dark Vibes
Zewers Game Dev Log - April 22, 2025
Zewers Indie Game Update
Art for Parallax Background and Rat Boy's Idle Walk Animation Done

 Zine (4)

I Am Exhausted By You Vol.2 Zine Out Now
Introducing My New Zine Project - I AM EXAUSTED BY YOU, A zine to share my unpublished work
Call for Black Canvases Featured on Sea Green Zines Website
Call for Submissions to a New Open Access Black Cultural (Heritage) Zine

 development (1)

Why Decomputing and Investing in System Maintenance and Repair is Worthwhile

 freelance (1)

Why Decomputing and Investing in System Maintenance and Repair is Worthwhile