In 2014 and again in 2016 as part of Openflows I worked with the UDC to create a WordPress + CiviCRM solution to managing their membership, conference registration, and communications:Â http://www.democraticcommunications.org/ They required a business needs analysis, a SWOT analysis, a full software and communications analysis and technology development.Â
Category: Design
So You Want to Make A Digital Archive? Three Strategy Questions
Managing physical and digital files, metadata-gathering, and enabling complex internal or public searches of cultural production, ephemera, archives and/or born-digital assets are issues faced by many organizations: large, small, funded, volunteer… At Openflows, IÂ build digital catalogs and archives regularly and want to share some of those specific strategies we use at the outset of a… Continue reading So You Want to Make A Digital Archive? Three Strategy Questions
Web Architecture, WordPress production: heatheracs.com
Created March – Dec 2015 for the artist/educator Heather Maria Acs. Platform: wordpress Tasks: information architecture, customizing wordpress.com
Glitter & Grit, Book (2015)
Glitter and Grit is a 352-page anthology with 144 images, 12 pages of magazine-style spread, and design elements created in InDesign, using master page templates, paragraph and character styles. It was printed in Portland, OR and published by Publication Studio in 2015. (It also was nominated for a Lambda Literary award!). Front cover (illustration by… Continue reading Glitter & Grit, Book (2015)
Web UX, Site Architecture, Data Migration, Logo Development: Openflows.com
In 2015 I undertook to re-design and re-architect the Openflows Community Technology Coop website, since we’d been so busy since 2008 we hadn’t had a chance to touch our old Drupal 6 site, and as the drupal community knew, Drupal 6 was about to cease having security updates supported. Specs: WordPress + ParallaxOne theme on… Continue reading Web UX, Site Architecture, Data Migration, Logo Development: Openflows.com
Digital Security Options for Punk Community Spaces
[from a mini-discussion 9/29/15 at QUILTBAG++, with much thanks to Roo Khan of Palante Tech for skills and recommendations] Recently I was presented with a technology problem: the downloads in a rural, well-traveled, punk/artist community space are threatening that spaces’ security to retaining internet access. Is a strongarm solution – hard limits to the www –… Continue reading Digital Security Options for Punk Community Spaces
Data Mapping, Project Management: ArtSpan
ArtSpan is a community arts support organization based in the San Francisco Bay area who run the annual SF Open Studios. “We support emerging and established artists who contribute to San Francisco’s inimitable creative energy.†Until recently they run a Drupal 6 site and CiviCRM with a complex interface and custom code between the two. I created… Continue reading Data Mapping, Project Management: ArtSpan
Digital Catalog, Data Migration, Schema & Architecture Analysis: WLCC Research Lab
From 2014-2015, I worked with researchers and digital conservationists at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center at Clemson University to create a digital collection management system for the archeological research on The Hunley. Using CollectiveAccess as our destination, we imported over 90,000 records from MicrosoftAccess, cleaning the data and mapping it onto a more modern metadata… Continue reading Digital Catalog, Data Migration, Schema & Architecture Analysis: WLCC Research Lab
Heels on Wheels: Poster design, Web design, Community engagement (2010-2016)
Heels on Wheels is an art and community engagement project close to my heart for which I’ve built and maintained the WordPress website from 2010-2016, and created a series of posters and a graphic identity in order to promote a performance tour and monthly series which ultimately presented 50 events in 30 states and provinces… Continue reading Heels on Wheels: Poster design, Web design, Community engagement (2010-2016)
How-to: prepare to install software on a server
Server side software: it’s not just for hackers, folks! So many useful website platforms use software that runs on your server to do their work. So if you want to use these too, avoid frustration by making sure you’re prepared before you start. Say you want to install WordPress or Omeka on your server. These… Continue reading How-to: prepare to install software on a server