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
Category: Design
Liberation approaches to Technology: Interview
The fantastic author, librarian and activist Melissa Morrone [@InfAgit] interviewed me to discuss technology, feminism, decentralized networks of power, and liberation-focused approaches to teaching. quality content Read the whole interview here: http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=4778. A few choice quotes: MM: can you talk more about that in your approach towards technology and intimidation? HD: This plays into both… Continue reading Liberation approaches to Technology: Interview
WordPress, Web architecture, Content, Communications: workcollaboratively.com
Choosing a platform that works with a users’ skill and capacity is crucial for digital project success, so for the web presence and communications springboard for a consultant, Work Collaboratively, we chose a WordPress.com subscription and a simple theme and two-menu structure that’s easy to update. Content was scraped and adapted from a previous site, and… Continue reading WordPress, Web architecture, Content, Communications: workcollaboratively.com
Digital Archiving: How to Pick A Software
I’ve been building and teaching others how to build digital collections and archives for about three years now. Seeing that I often field questions from folks, here’s a starting list for those interested in creating online archives or collections. PLANNING YOUR DIGITAL COLLECTION Ask yourself the following questions, as a way to information-gather what you’ll… Continue reading Digital Archiving: How to Pick A Software
Femme Postcards, 2013-2014
Celebrating the sibling relationship of queer femmes and art fags: And a little something for the femme-for-femme crew:
Digital archive for a library using CollectiveAccess
Queer & Radical Cataloging Conferences
I’ll be speaking about the Interference Archive, disruptive cataloging, and technology that works with activist organizing tactics at two conferences in the coming weeks: April 4 at Queer Internet Studies workshop, and April 11 at the Radical Archives Conference.
Workshop 3/11/14: Digital Cataloging and Archiving with Open Source Software
Tuesday March 11, 2014, 6:30–10pm workshop @ Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in NYC. Register online here. Creating and managing digital archives, catalogs, and collections is a growing concern as organizations seek to manage files and records, metadata-gather, and enable complex searches of their cultural production, ephemera, archives and/or born-digital assets. This one-evening, two-part workshop goes… Continue reading Workshop 3/11/14: Digital Cataloging and Archiving with Open Source Software
Political art and Examining an Archive
Reprinted from The Interference Archive, http://interferencearchive.org/examining-the-archive-lecture-on-activist-posters/ What makes art activist? What makes it political? Does who is using it matter? The Interference Archive is uniquely situated as both a living collection of activist cultures and ideas, and a site of popular education and engagement with these ideas. One way we integrate these facets is by… Continue reading Political art and Examining an Archive
How to Build a Fire: website, community engagement (2010)
Small artist groups and arts organizations need websites, too! For the How To Build A Fire 2010 art tour, I created a web presence, a PDF one-sheet, and curated and produced booking engagements in Texas and Montreal.