It’s been a minute since I wrote anything on this here blog, but I was working through a process today that I wanted to document and thought that other folks might be interested in. This week, a group of coworkers and I were discussing whether there is an LCSH for “Cuban diaspora” (there is not), […]
Tag: technology
I made a twitter bot!
‘People taking a gondola ride along the Coral Gables Waterway. Coral Gables, Florida’ “Recognizing the importance of having a luxury resort hotel in the city, George Merrick turned to John McEntee Bowman, President o…’https://t.co/27MqoSFJtU — SSDNbot☀🌴🐊 (@SSDNbot) June 16, 2018 I love twitter bots. There are some really cool ones doing interesting things with cultural […]
Controlling all the names with OpenRefine
I’m trying to get better at writing out the process for things that I do in my day-to-day metadata work. Mostly, I want to do this for my own personal use – to help me think through my processes more clearly, and to have something to refer back to the next time I want to […]
Open-source software: Expertise required?
I have spent a lot of time in the last few weeks installing software. Or, to put it more precisely, I have spent a lot of time trying to install software. Some of my attempts have been successful; some, less so. The time I spent tinkering with various programs (and occasionally wanting to bang my […]