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              When is a persistent identifier not persistent? Or an identifier?
            

        
          2020-09-08 08:19


      

      
          I wrote a post on the problems with ISBNs as persistent identifiers (PIDS) for work, so check it out if that sounds interesting.

      

      
      

    
            
              IDCC20 reflections
            

        
          2020-03-03 12:21
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          In which I pull out a few themes and thoughts from the 15th International Digital Curation Conference in Dublin

      

      
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          2020-01-28 11:26


      

      
          
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          2020-01-22 19:30


      

      
          
I’m honoured and excited to be named one of this year’s Software Sustainability Institute Fellows.
There’s not much to write about yet because it’s only just started, but I’m looking forward to sharing more with you.
In the meantime, you can take a look at the 2020 fellowship announcement
and get an idea of my plans from my application video:




      

      
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              Replacing comments with webmentions
            

        
          2020-01-16 20:42
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          In which I rip out Disqus in favour of something decentralised and free (as in speech)

      

      
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              Bridging Carpentries Slack channels to Matrix
            

        
          2019-11-25 23:03
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          In which I try to save some of the history of The Carpentries
by bridging Slack to its open source cousin Matrix

      

      
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              MozFest19 first reflections
            

        
          2019-11-24 21:11
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          TLDR; It was my first #mozfest experience and it was pretty good

      

      
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              Music for working
            

        
          2019-10-26 18:53
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          In which I share a few thoughts on noise-blockers for work

      

      
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              Working at the British Library: 6 months in
            

        
          2019-05-05 13:45
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          In which I look back on my first few months in the new job

      

      
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              RDA Plenary 13 reflection
            

        
          2019-04-13 20:19
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          In which I take a first look back at my first trip to the US

      

      
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