Shelly Black

Digital archivist cat doesn't know the difference between "bytes" and "bites," but wishes everyone a joyful holiday season.

Excited to release these cat with floppy disk pins into the wild https://www.shelly-black.com/shop/cat-floppy-pin

Entranced by this recontextualization of BYTE magazine ad artwork: https://www.jennyodell.com/neosurreal.html

It brings me joy to ship these to people around the country and world. I have less than 20 box cat pins left, but plenty of floppy disk cat and dog pins left for this holiday season. https://www.shelly-black.com/shop

Calling all BitCurator Environment users! The BitCurator Consortium leadership invites you to take a survey that will inform a roadmap for software maintenance. We want to know about the tools you use in your work, whether they're in or outside the BCE.
https://forms.gle/6xvWoUJn7bY4PpcS7

This feels like a sign that I need a day off!

Big changes on the horizon for the BitCurator Consortium. We're looking for a new fiscal host and volunteers to support this transition: https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/the-bitcurator-consortium-is-navigating-a-deliberative-transition/

Oh Voyager 1🤩 But I can't fathom dealing with flipped bits due to cosmic rays or waiting 22+ hrs to communicate with a system. https://www.inverse.com/science/voyager-1-sent-first-coherent-message-back-to-nasa-in-months

The BitCurator Consortium is hiring an Administrative Coordinator to support its leadership and work on membership renewals, managing accounts payable/receivable, scheduling, communications, and event support. This is a PT, remote, contract position.
https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/job-posting-admin-coordinator/

Looking for a gift for an archivist who's a cat or dog lover? https://www.shelly-black.com/shop

@rowmyboat@glammr.us A similar concept is also discussed in https://cjal.ca/index.php/capal/article/view/34340