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Of New Technology

Yall, I recorded my first screencast today using Screencast-O-Matic. Basically, its a video of my PowerPoint presentation for my final project in Digital Preservation class with yours truly having to speak about over it. Ive done more PowerPoint presentations in library school than pretty much any other time in my lifeI have PowerPoint preferences now, Continue reading Of New Technology

Fun Things To Do in Quarantine

Im not sure how many of you reading this are actually in quarantine or a stay-at-home situationor if your state has opened up, is testing for COVID, or is agitating to open everything back up again. But here in New Yorkspecifically Queens, where I live, the epicenter of the epicenter as someone called it the Continue reading Fun Things To Do in Quarantine

Potential Period Film Fodder: Olaudah Equiano

This next Potential Period Film Fodder appeared as a character in the movie Amazing Grace, which was about the British abolitionist Member of Parliament William Wilberforce. Olaudah Equiano has also been the subject of documentaries and even an animated short film. But he hasnt had a full-length feature film made about him and I think Continue reading Potential Period Film Fodder: Olaudah Equiano

Hey, Whatcha Reading? With Thea Landen

This month, I asked my blogging friend Thea Landen what shes reading in this time of quarantine and social distancing. 1. What are you currently reading? Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017, Pamela Dorman Books/Viking) by Gail Honeyman. 2. How far along in the book are you? About halfway. My Kindle tells me Im at Continue reading Hey, Whatcha Reading? With Thea Landen

How Dis/Misinformation Begins

Im sure we all know by now that the Internet and social media is often a shit hole of bad information. Part of being in library school is to recognize bad or unverified information, because a decent chunk of being a librarian and information professional is to pass on good, verified information from trusted sources Continue reading How Dis/Misinformation Begins

Potential Period Film Fodder: Anna of Cleves

The last time I went outyoull note that this is significant because, ha, my state is under a stay-at-home order and practically everythings closedI went to see Six the Musical, which imagines Henry VIIIs six wives as a girl group, each wife singing a song about her troubles with the King. I went through a Continue reading Potential Period Film Fodder: Anna of Cleves

Country House Rescue + AD Open Door

One of my main sticking points in plotting and writing The FrankenIdea was figuring out how my protagonist, Liam, is helping his mother turn a small country house into a boutique hotel thing. I wrote a little about it last year, in this post. Obviously, in doing so, they find Cool Shit in the House Continue reading Country House Rescue + AD Open Door

Hey, Whatcha Reading? with Margaret Lesh

Hey everyone! In this time of crises, viruses, and flattening curves, some of you may find that you have more reading time! This month, I asked my friend Margaret Lesh about what shes reading. Margaret is an author and her books will be free on Kindle until March 22nd! Here is her Amazon page. A Continue reading Hey, Whatcha Reading? with Margaret Lesh

Covid-19 and NYC

I can count the number of times New York City, my hometown, has been shut down in my lifetime on one hand. After 9/11New York City schools were closed on September 12th, 2001, and while things did not return to normal (a very new normal) for some time after, the City rebuilt and mended. After Continue reading Covid-19 and NYC

Six on Broadway

First of all, Happy International Women’s Day! Tonight, I went to see the new show Six, which transferred recently from Chicago, having played in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe. It tells the stories of Henry VIII’s six wives: Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard, and Catherine Parr…but guys, … Continue reading Six on Broadway