Mark Marino’s blog post Teaching Writing in the Post-Blogging Era is a tough read. The layout is chaotic and his commentary is sprinkled in amongst crudely formatted visuals. However, it seems more like a schtick than a dated attempt at digital publishing. Once I figured out how to read between the lines (or graphics) the… Continue reading Personal Digital Infrastructure
Category: Culture
Response: The Internet’s Own Boy
Prior to watching The Internet’s Own Boy, I had a surface level awareness of Aaron Swartz. I certainly was not familiar with the depth of his innovative work, advocacy, or criminal case at the hands of the U.S. Government. His federal prosecution was so unnecessary, yet I continue to be unsurprised by the hypocrisy and… Continue reading Response: The Internet’s Own Boy
Digital Citizenship
I have never felt at ease existing in the digital world. I’ve created and abandoned or deleted probably a dozen Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts collectively. I’ve never had an account with Amazon despite sharing a home in Seattle with the company for the majority of my post-university life. There is something about the need… Continue reading Digital Citizenship
Ireland Transcribed
In 1975, James Thomas Toomey made his first trip to Ireland at the age of 27. Aside from his father being stationed in the North during World War II, it was the first time a member of this Toomey clan returned to the island since their ancestors set off from Cobh at the height of… Continue reading Ireland Transcribed
GLAM
Revenue Generation from Digitized Collections I’ve worked in the non-profit sector my entire career including a few years in public media, a cousin of cultural heritage in a sense. There are many aspects to revenue generation that organizations must tend to, but for the sake of this discussion I will stick to the digital space… Continue reading GLAM
