Author Archives: A Dreamer

Police Deaths and the Ferguson Protest Movement

Posted on December 21, 2014 by A Dreamer

I haven’t written much at all on the Ferguson protest movement, but I have been following it (and supporting it) closely since August. The violent deaths of two police officers in NYC last night is nothing short of a tragedy. … Continue reading →

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So, what now?

Posted on December 11, 2014 by A Dreamer

Sent off my final write up for my archives class this morning. 9 pages of “what I did at the archives!” (Seems that spending 70+ hours in a bar and new BRAND NEW work environment will give you a lot to … Continue reading →

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One down, one to go…

Posted on December 9, 2014 by A Dreamer

The digital final is done!!  2,811 editions of Eleanor Roosevelt’s “My Day” column turned into text files, thrown into the topic modeling blender and some pretty charts spit out in the end. Archives final isn’t due until Thursday night – … Continue reading →

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In the throes of my final finals.

Posted on November 24, 2014 by A Dreamer

For this degree at least. (Anyone want to give me buckets of money to go get my MLIS next? Just figured I’d ask.) But at the moment, finals are stressing me out far less than they have in semesters past, … Continue reading →

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Flaky day, saved by the cats.

Posted on October 25, 2014 by A Dreamer

And today (or yesterday, or whatever Friday was in your timezone) was one of those days and yay for my cats. My archives administration professor called in some favors and got his students the option of a practicum/mini-internship in lieu … Continue reading →

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I found the food trucks!

Posted on October 9, 2014 by A Dreamer

Those of you in more urban/cosmopolitan/not-the-suburbs areas may be thinking, “So?  There are food trucks all over the place.”  Yeah, not so much where I live.  Sure, the county has finally given the green light for food truck operators to apply … Continue reading →

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Sometimes you need to take a day and ride roller coasters

Posted on September 27, 2014 by A Dreamer

So I did. This semester has been good, but kind of a grind and it seemed early in the semester to feel quite so mentally bogged down, but there you go. I looked back at LiquidPlanner and discovered that in … Continue reading →

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So, my archives prof either thinks I’m diligent or an idiot.

Posted on September 25, 2014 by A Dreamer

The good news is that I have not broken the class wiki again… But this week I have had to email him about some assignment dates because there had been some talk about two of them changing and I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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Fun stuff in Digital History

Posted on September 13, 2014 by A Dreamer

So, this week we had to create a small exhibit using Omeka (it’s a content management system) – and here is what I did!  Had way too much fun with it.

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Some writing & reading tools – Scrivener & Evernote

Posted on September 10, 2014 by A Dreamer

In readings for my classes, I’ve seen photos of stacks of index cards and post-it notes used by academics to compile their books, and heard complaints of the inability to keep notes and ideas and actual writing all in one place electronically. … Continue reading →

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