Digital preservation analyst, researcher, and software developer
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Shortened links are a digital preservation and web archiving nightmare. You can imagine how they need to work: Create a The post Shortened links? Expand them and save the URLs appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
Just a quick note wishing Carl peace wherever he is now and to send my best wishes to Becky and Continue reading Vale Carl Wilson, Digital Preservation s Indie Rockstar The post Vale Carl Wilson, Digital Preservation s Indie Rockstar appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
There aren t many rewards in a discipline that is about taking the long term view but occasionally something comes up The post Why we do this work appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
Last year I wrote about pitfalls in modern journalism, especially with regards to receiving documents and information from whistleblowers without The post Porting SafeText and analyzing digital content with Apache Tika appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
The beats are the same. You work for government, or academia (lets face it, that s probably where 90% of the The post Maintenance begins at creation, so why are we not creating better? appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
With the recent announcement that Orcfax is heading into operational mode, it s a bittersweet moment that means our adventure in Continue reading Winding down at Orcfax: a retrospective The post Winding down at Orcfax: a retrospective appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
The Serpentine is one of the world s most renowned art galleries. Their exhibitions as varied as Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst, The post Digital dark times: Salaries in digital preservation appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
Contributing back to the commons in digital preservation hasn t been for everyone. We know the famous XKCD that touches on The post When you can t pay for things the currency of payment is psychic appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .
When you move country you have to be prepared to change quite a lot about your life. Back at the The post The Painter Goblin: Becoming Corporeal appeared first on ross spencer :: exponentialdecay.digipres :: blog .