Jolene Smith @aejolene@octodon.social
JOB! Richmond, VA or DC. Project Director: Design & deploy AR tours for museums & historic sites. #dh #digiarch http://bit.ly/2sfwH3O
Among a heap of other worthy projects, this week I'm starting to pull together an #SAA2018 electronic symposium on gov't digital archaeology. Building a website for presentations (inc from ppl who can't make it to DC), thinking about a survey. Wheee!
Listening to a great lunch time lecture by @diganthro@twitter.com on her amazing work with photogrammetry, virtual excavation & printed models for @fairfieldfound@twitter.com . Archaeology teaching tools, documentation, accessibility.
Nothing like barely not getting vehicular manslaughtered to get me going on a late Monday morning. 🚲 https://youtu.be/nlPARsKX_Jc
Just took over as web editor for a professional archaeology org. So many fun possibilities. Now, to practice restraint and sensible planning.
A shitty thing happened in our family and I shared a fundraiser on facebook (which I hate, but expected response from extended fam, etc.). I've been periodically sobbing for the past two days because my colleagues and friends are so amazing.
Me @ work: "don't infantilize me; I'm an experienced professional who's been doing this job for more than a decade."
Also me: "I GET TO PICK A PRIZE FROM THE PRIZE DRAWER"
Just finished reviewing a "gold star" #crmarch report. Exemplary research & historic context, careful archaeology, great supporting graphics & tables.
One of those days where I'm simultaneously super motivated, generating lots of ideas, and completely overwhelmed by the scale of everything that needs doing and a little sad about it. This calls for teamwork, I think.
It's going to take all the willpower I have not to spend the day extracting these burial data into a csv & visualizing. I'll save it for a treat.
Spent today assessing 2 cemeteries at Central Virginia Training Center, formerly Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded. Epicenter of the American eugenics movement. Once 3k residents, self sustaining agricultural operation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Colony_for_Epileptics_and_Feebleminded
Is there a word in another language that captures the essence of being simultaneously bored and terrified?
What is this clapping into the mic thing?
It's been a rough couple of weeks, but today I turned in a thing before its deadline. To everyone else, sorry and I owe you a drink or some cookies. 😬
Timeline JS sure is crazy easy and really nice. First time actually using it on a site. So seamless and will be easy for others to add! http://bit.ly/1WMDTYi
I don't know about you, but when I'm on a productive tear this is my background score. http://bit.ly/2Fm3xlb
Was this in the planting strip by the curb across the street from the office as a location of secondary disposition (it fell out of an archaeologist's messy car)?
Spending the day battling bureaucracy & trying to sort out arrangements in a complex family death situation. All rather inhumane. When it's all done I'll post online on the chance I help someone else not have to muddle through this.
A morning writing at home = kitten breaks.
During a week where focus and calm was hard to come by I managed to find it by building out this web project. Note to self.
