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  • A bit of an update

    • It's been a whirlwind year in our household. My wife got a job as an associate professor at RISD, so we both put in our ...more
  • Code4Lib 2021 lightning talk: Planning for the most; or, a bellwether speaks

    • I gave this 5-minute talk almost two years ago at Code4Lib 2021, but hadn't yet shared it here. Slides are available through OSF; text is ...more
  • I’m New Here: Human-centered Onboarding

    • I wrote this post for my company's November 2022 newsletter. Three months ago I started working at TMI Consulting, after over a decade of working at ...more
  • Talk: Using light from the dumpster fire to illuminate a more just digital world

    • This February I gave a lightning talk for the Richmond Design Group. My question: what if we use the light from the dumpster fire of ...more
  • This car runs: Love letter to a 1997 Honda Accord

    • Three years ago I sold my 1997 Honda Accord DX. Here's the Craigslist ad love letter I wrote to it. 1997 Honda Accord DX - 4dr, ...more
  • Podcast interview: Names, binaries and trans-affirming systems on Legacy Code Rocks!

    • In February I was honored to be invited to join Scott Ford on his podcast Legacy Code Rocks!. I'm embedding the audio below. View the ...more
  • Trans-inclusive design at A List Apart

    • I am thrilled and terrified to say that I have an article on Trans-inclusive design out on A List Apart today. I have read A List ...more
  • Coming out as nonbinary at work

    • This week, after 10 years of working at VCU Libraries, I have been letting my colleagues know that I'm nonbinary. Response from my boss, my ...more
  • 2016 Errandonnee challenge: handled it

    • After being foiled by a long trip last year, I got the chance to attempt the Errandonnee challenge again this year (I attempted it in 2014, ...more
  • What it means to stay

    • Seven years ago last month I interviewed for my job at VCU. I started work a few months later, assuming I'd stick around for a ...more
  • Back-to-school mobile snapshot

    • This week I took a look at mobile phone usage on the VCU Libraries website for the first couple weeks of class and compared that ...more
  • Recruiting web workers for your library

    • In the past few years I've created a couple of part-time, then full-time, staff positions on the web team at VCU Libraries. We now have a web designer ...more
  • Easier access for databases and research guides at VCU Libraries

    • Today VCU Libraries launched a couple of new web tools that should make it easier for people to find or discover our library's databases and ...more
  • 2014 in review

    • 2014 was a big, brag-worthy year for me: Started writing again (about bikes, natch). Met my internet hero. ...more
  • Gifs-mas in New York

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  • Why this librarian supports the Ada Initiative

    • This week the Ada Initiative is announcing a fundraising drive just for the library community. I'm pitching in, and I hope you will, too. The Ada ...more
  • A new look for search at VCU Libraries

    • This week we launched a new design for VCU Libraries Search (our instance of Ex Libris' Primo discovery system). The guiding design principles behind this ...more
  • Library lessons from the New York Times digital strategy report

    • Cross-posted from VCU Libraries' intranet with minor edits. Last week a New York Times employee leaked an internal digital strategy report that's a stark case for change in the organization. Here ...more
  • Vacation photos with a disposable camera

    • I took last week off and went on two short outdoorsy trips with friends. Rather than document the trips solely with my phone, as I've done lately, ...more
  • What I mean when I say "fail open"

    • I'm proud to be included in RVANews' advice to soon-to-be college grads today. We were asked to give  tweet-length advice. Here's mine: Life gets a lot easier ...more

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