What has Arden been up to?

screenshot of an infographic showing what I've been up to for the last 2 years

I realized I haven’t posted in a really long time, so as one year ends and another begins, I thought I should catch everyone up. These days I’ve been playing around with infographics so I thought maybe some visuals could … Continue reading

Musings of a CDRS Summer Intern

This is a cross-post from the blog for the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) at Columbia University, where I was an intern in the summer of 2014. Last spring, I was looking for the perfect summer internship to … Continue reading

A Few Projects . . . my HILT Ignite Talk

I’m at Humanities Intensive Learning and Teaching (HILT) this week, at the University of Maryland (http://www.dhtraining.org/hilt/). I’ll be giving a short presentation about some of my projects at the HILT Ignite event on Tuesday night, and I thought it would … Continue reading

Net Neutrality?

Save the Internet in white text against red background

Below you’ll find the comment I just submitted to the FCC, as they’re currently accepting public comments about the idea of reclassifying internet access as a public utility, like water or telephone service. The initial period for public comments ends … Continue reading

3D Funday

I just joined the NYC Museum MediaLab Meetup group, and on March 15 I attended my first meetup for a 3D Funday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This was a great opportunity to learn about 3D scanning, modeling, and … Continue reading

2013 – My Year in Review, Part 2

This is part 2 of my look back at what I’ve accomplished over the past year, focusing more on my professional life. While part 1 focused on my life as an MLIS student, of course these 2 parts are strongly … Continue reading

Women’s History, and . . . Metadata?!

Toward the end of March I had the wonderful opportunity to present at an inaugural conference on the subject of Women’s History in the Digital World (#WHDigWrld on Twitter), at the Albert M. Greenfield Digital Center for the History of Women’s Education (at … Continue reading

The Undead Object (Halloween edition)

I don’t believe in ghosts, I believe in history. That’s the voice that speaks to us from beyond the grave. It is all around us, speaking out to us wherever we go, but only some of us can hear it (or … Continue reading