Development

A tale of secrets, remoteness, gatekeeping and control. Let me introduce myself … I work in the archive world as the person who cares for the artefacts. I’m the person who puts them back together when they fall apart and slows down the speed at which they fall apart. I’m a conservator.  I have a…

The sustainability of digital projects varies widely. Let’s have a look at two examples. A. Quick-fix, short-term, unsustainable Typically, commercial web projects are created to fulfil some short-lived need (a few years or less). They are built on proprietary internal structures (e.g. internal databases) and interfaces (both web and API) that can be varied at-will…