Again, thanks to the laser eyes of my advisor, Pat Galloway,
Microsoft Builds a Browser for Your Past
http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/39917/?p1=A1
I am still digesting the potential impact of this kind of technology on our reflexive use of everyday digital footprints and personal digital archiving. But it is indeed interesting.
MUSE, Stanford University,
http://mobisocial.stanford.edu/muse/
Muse is an open source e-mail archiving tool developed in the Stanford University. I recently had a chance to meet Sudheendra Hangal in the Stanford University, a creator of the Muse -- an outcome of well thought through research in academia.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
The Afterlife of an Archive
The Afterlife of an Archive
September 26, 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education
My advisor, Pat Galloway, dropped this link in my inbox.
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Afterlife-of-an-Archive/124564/
I never get tired of having these interesting stories.
September 26, 2010, The Chronicle of Higher Education
My advisor, Pat Galloway, dropped this link in my inbox.
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Afterlife-of-an-Archive/124564/
I never get tired of having these interesting stories.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Notes from Personal Archiving 2012, Internet Archives
Personal Archiving website: http://www.personalarchiving.com/
Some of the interesting Websites mentioned
By Stan James http://scanwithstan.com/
By Jonathan Harris http://cowbird.com/
By Kaliya Hamlin http://www.identitywoman.net/
Commercial site: Pinterest http://pinterest.com/
"Are we digital hoarders?"
The conference has been amazingly fun and great. The only thing that I make me think negatively is that people using the term "digital hoarder" somewhat casually, for example "I am a digital hoarder." Although I am aware that people have different definitions of words that they are using, hoarding or hoarder carries a psychological sense or at least a sense of excessive behavior that causes some sort of abnormality in everyday lives. Simply because people tend to collect more, a lot more, digital information, it does not seem appropriate to "tag" it as a hoarding behavior. Also, I do not feel right about using the term casually since there are people who need professional help due to this type of abnormal behavior.
"Pro-active approach"
Another thing makes me want to raise my hands is a repetitive emphasis on "pro-active approach." As a person with archives and preservation background, I fully understand the benefits and necessity of proactive approach. I am all for it. However, I also want to be a bit critical and rethink about it. Meanings, values, memories, and especially narratives that many people in here advocate to capture, are changing constantly closely related to the course of life, depending on the very context of life. Proactive approach might miss this delicate, complex, and dynamic nature of the life-long relationship between people and their digital documents.
Some of the interesting Websites mentioned
By Stan James http://scanwithstan.com/
By Jonathan Harris http://cowbird.com/
By Kaliya Hamlin http://www.identitywoman.net/
Commercial site: Pinterest http://pinterest.com/
"Are we digital hoarders?"
The conference has been amazingly fun and great. The only thing that I make me think negatively is that people using the term "digital hoarder" somewhat casually, for example "I am a digital hoarder." Although I am aware that people have different definitions of words that they are using, hoarding or hoarder carries a psychological sense or at least a sense of excessive behavior that causes some sort of abnormality in everyday lives. Simply because people tend to collect more, a lot more, digital information, it does not seem appropriate to "tag" it as a hoarding behavior. Also, I do not feel right about using the term casually since there are people who need professional help due to this type of abnormal behavior.
"Pro-active approach"
Another thing makes me want to raise my hands is a repetitive emphasis on "pro-active approach." As a person with archives and preservation background, I fully understand the benefits and necessity of proactive approach. I am all for it. However, I also want to be a bit critical and rethink about it. Meanings, values, memories, and especially narratives that many people in here advocate to capture, are changing constantly closely related to the course of life, depending on the very context of life. Proactive approach might miss this delicate, complex, and dynamic nature of the life-long relationship between people and their digital documents.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Email is Where Knowledge Goes to Die–Or is it?
Reminded by my advisor, Pat Galloway...
Another interesting post from Library of Congress's The Signal blog about e-mail messages.
http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/02/email-is-where-knowledge-goes-to-die-or-is-it/
"And yet. Email is a fantastic resource for documenting and remembering.": Based on what many of my participants said -- regardless complex mixed feelings toward e-mails addressed during interviews -- , I think so too.
"email “as one of the most interesting types of historical record being created in our times,”": Indeed.
Another interesting post from Library of Congress's The Signal blog about e-mail messages.
http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/02/email-is-where-knowledge-goes-to-die-or-is-it/
"And yet. Email is a fantastic resource for documenting and remembering.": Based on what many of my participants said -- regardless complex mixed feelings toward e-mails addressed during interviews -- , I think so too.
"email “as one of the most interesting types of historical record being created in our times,”": Indeed.
Keeping analogue memories in a digital age
Dean Dillon forwarded this link to me....a while ago. Watched this again today while writing my dissertation.
"Keeping analogue memories in a digital age"
BBC Friday, 2 December 2011
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Nice video report from BBC about digitizing and preserving family home movies and films.
"Keeping analogue memories in a digital age"
BBC Friday, 2 December 2011
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/
Nice video report from BBC about digitizing and preserving family home movies and films.
if I die: facebook app
Jeanine Finn, a good colleague of mine, sent this link to me: http://ifidie.net/
It is about time that we will see more of these things, a lot more:
"if i die is the first and only facebook application that enables you to create a video or a text message that will only be published after you die"
It is about time that we will see more of these things, a lot more:
"if i die is the first and only facebook application that enables you to create a video or a text message that will only be published after you die"
Saturday, October 8, 2011
What is case study?
"Sometimes we simply have to keep our eyes open and look carefully at individual cases – not in the hope of proving anything, but rather in the hope of learning something!" (Eysenck, 1976)
This sentence made my day today. This is what qualitative research is about.
This sentence made my day today. This is what qualitative research is about.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Book: I, DIGITAL: Personal Collections in the Digital Era
A new book about personal digital archives came out with a nice cover image.
I, DIGITAL: Personal Collections in the Digital Era
Edited by Christopher (Cal) Lee
Published by Society of American Archivists (2011)
I am still reading it. So far, Catherine C. Marshall (Challenges and Opportunities for Personal Digital Archiving) offers interesting perspectives and discussion points.
"To desire to centralize, to fully federate, to unity and standardize is understandable, but it also seems out-of-step with human nature." (Marshall, p.111): I share this notion.
Edited by Christopher (Cal) Lee
Published by Society of American Archivists (2011)
I am still reading it. So far, Catherine C. Marshall (Challenges and Opportunities for Personal Digital Archiving) offers interesting perspectives and discussion points.
"To desire to centralize, to fully federate, to unity and standardize is understandable, but it also seems out-of-step with human nature." (Marshall, p.111): I share this notion.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
When Data Disappears
When Data Disappears
By KARI KRAUS
Published: August 6, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/when-data-disappears.html
A good friend, Joanne, forwarded this article to me this morning.
Interesting article, but a bit cliche.
Digital preservation is not about preserving media themselves, but about preserving bits and bites, which requires real fresh eyes and idea of of digital preservation.
"With data, intervention needs to happen earlier, ideally at an object’s creation. And tough decisions need to be made, early on, regarding what needs to be saved. We must replace digital preservation with digital curation.": This is the interventionists' perspective, far goes back to David Bearman in 1990's.
"Instead, we must look for ways to continuously maintain and improve it. In other words, we must stop preserving digital material and start curating it.": I think that we need to re-define "preservation" in a digital environment, rather than "stop". So we can make sure the philosophy, symbolic meanings, and history of cultural heritage preservation continue and also evolve.
"No wonder preservationists often wax ominous about the “digital dark ages.”": Still we do?
By KARI KRAUS
Published: August 6, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/07/opinion/sunday/when-data-disappears.html
A good friend, Joanne, forwarded this article to me this morning.
Interesting article, but a bit cliche.
Digital preservation is not about preserving media themselves, but about preserving bits and bites, which requires real fresh eyes and idea of of digital preservation.
"With data, intervention needs to happen earlier, ideally at an object’s creation. And tough decisions need to be made, early on, regarding what needs to be saved. We must replace digital preservation with digital curation.": This is the interventionists' perspective, far goes back to David Bearman in 1990's.
"Instead, we must look for ways to continuously maintain and improve it. In other words, we must stop preserving digital material and start curating it.": I think that we need to re-define "preservation" in a digital environment, rather than "stop". So we can make sure the philosophy, symbolic meanings, and history of cultural heritage preservation continue and also evolve.
"No wonder preservationists often wax ominous about the “digital dark ages.”": Still we do?
Thursday, July 7, 2011
When I Go Away: Getting Your Digital Affairs in Order. The Signal: Digital Preservation
Ashenfelder, Mike. (2011).
When I Go Away: Getting Your Digital Affairs in Order. The Signal: Digital Preservation.
Recent article (published several days ago!) suggesting four steps to prepare personal digital materials online after our lives.
"Nowadays when we prepare a will, we have the added responsibility of leaving instructions to our loved ones about what to do with our online things after we die."
When I Go Away: Getting Your Digital Affairs in Order. The Signal: Digital Preservation.
Recent article (published several days ago!) suggesting four steps to prepare personal digital materials online after our lives.
"Nowadays when we prepare a will, we have the added responsibility of leaving instructions to our loved ones about what to do with our online things after we die."
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