About

I've been a digital humanities practitioner for over twenty-five years, as a designer, developer, researcher, and teacher. In my current role as Head of Research and Development for the Scholars’ Lab in the Digital Humanities Center at UVA Library I provide consultation and collaboration support for digital humanities related initiatives. My current research includes feminist interface design for digital collections, homebrewed adaptations of fictional and historical materials for Dungeons and Dragons, and connecting bibliographies to different types of card decks and games.

Some projects I've helped develop include the Praxis Program, Speaking in Code, Neatline, Take Back the Archive, Accessible Futures, Omeka, Zotero, and THATCamp.

What I'm currently thinking about:

• Knowledge management practices, zettelkastens, commonplace books, digital gardens.
• Accessibility audits and remediations for the Scholars' Lab and Digital Humanities Center.
• Book Readings: Making a working library connected to different kinds of card decks.
• Zotero and AI.
• CSS animations.
• Cataloging and sharing my personal library.
• The best ways to make french fries at home.
• Genres and formats of things
• Solo role-playing games and the things that emerge from them.

Past attention:

• Compost as an alternative metaphor for link rot; rethinking our relationship with broken URLs.
• Indigeneous research methods and practices.
• George Perec, OuLiPo, and fascinating issues around categorization and lists.
• The Intersection Observer API and other web APIs.
• Book Readings: Making a working library connected to different kinds of card decks.
• Building some plant stands, coffee filter holders, and a coffee table.
• Documenting the process of disassembling, cleaning, and reassembling my bike, with notes on things to change or upgrade.
• Making an inventory of parts for my bike;
• Reading this 14-year-old blog post I wrote about hacking our academic conferences
• Evaluating Juncture from JSTOR Labs
• Publishing a personal annual coffee report
• Figuring out how to bring energy back to myself.