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Personal Digital Archiving | Series Wrap-Up

Over the last 20ish weeks, I have been doing a Deep Dive Series into how personal archiving can be an act of love (both of self-love, and...

Deception by Design | Manipulated into Giving Data Away

If you use Facebook, Google or Windows 10, you might want to read this article. It's about the tactics and strategies they use to...

5 Reasons Why Personal Digital Collections are a Labour of Love

Just a quick one this week because - you know - I'm writing my MA dissertation, and everything. Here are some musings on the theme of...

InfoGarden | Making Archiving a Game!

Oh my goodness everyone! You have to hear about this! (Sorry, not sorry if you're not as excited about this as I am!) I came across this...

Cherished Objects | Why do we keep things?

Often, the purpose of keeping an item is as a reminder of the past. But even so, that item - and the decision to keep it - still serves...

When did people start writing about personal digital collections? | 7 Australian Articles

The question I was pondering this week was: when did people start writing about personal digital collections? By "people", I mean...

Caring for our Digital Belongings | according to people in 2006!

These are some thoughts I had after reading: Marshall, Catherine C., Sara Bly, and Francoise Brun-Cottan. ‘The Long Term Fate of Our...

Personal Digital Archiving Series | Midpoint Review

We are about halfway through the Personal Digital Archiving Series. That makes it a pretty good time for me to sit down and think back...

Chatting about digital treasures | Behind the scenes!

As I mentioned in my last article, I have been having some really interesting conversations lately about how people live their digital...

Looking into other people's digital spaces | What do people care about?

Last weekend, I had some really interesting conversations with some really lovely people, about their digital stuff! I really enjoyed...