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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

How can freelancers navigate this sector? What do freelance services look like in archives? And how do we make new connections and find more work? medium.com/metropolitan...

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How to Make a Living Freelancing in Archives

by Dana Reijerkerk, Data Consultant | Freelance Digital Asset Manager | FullStack Developer

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I'm speaking at the @vra.bsky.social conference in October about the goals and advocacy work for still image authenticity in cultural heritage that I'm involved in with the Digital Object Authenticity Working Group (DOAWG). Registration opened this week: member.vraweb.org/public/event...

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Summer's busy, but I got some swimming in. #2d #art #cartoon

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For me, summer is a time of waiting. I have several projects, bids, and articles pending. I'm super excited to show them off! Remember to enjoy yourself this season and hang out with friends. #DAM #DigitalAssetManagement #Archives #CulturalHeritage #2d #art

Cartoon drawings over a reallife photo. Caw sits on a park bench to the left smiling. A cat sploots under the bench and stares at a angry-looking cartoon goose on another bench. The goose points their finger and glares at Caw. A cartoony man in a red mask lays on his back on the grass by a reallife goose.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I'm chilling with the birds this summer, but my books are open for projects for July/August 2026. Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #datamigrations #culturalheritage #DAM

Caw sitting on a garden planter ledge with a black bird that has orange in its wings. Text reads: ways to work with me.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Wondering how we can work together? Here's how! 📅My books are open for projects for July/August 2026. Check out my portfolio for more info: www.decolfutures.com #dataconsultant #DAM #archives #culturalheritage #openforwork

Image of Dana with Caw on her shoulder. Text reads: I provide data consulting services! Digital asset management, data migrations, assessment, technical writing, full-stack development. Portfolio is at www.decolfutures.com

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

I went to the Manhattan Film Festival for book research to see the premiere of You're No Indian. I'm on the 2nd chapter of my book - about hegemonic colonial logics underlying how the US government uses archives as a mechanism for sovereignty violence to perpetuate setter state fictions as fact.

Caw standing on a NYC street corner holding a bucket of popcorn. The date June 12, 2026 is in the bottom right corner.

Caw waves on a NYC street corner while a blurry car drives past. The date June 12, 2026 is in the bottom right corner.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

When you're doing a lot of work behind the scenes, it can feel like you're not getting much done. What in the world are you working on?

Caw laying down on a couch with her neck strained while trying to relax. She says "Friday."

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Cool conference with cool people hating on the AI hype. There's pervasive pressure by vendors/leadership to use "AI" in all operations. What does that mean? Why is it said like it's inevitable? Nothing is inevitable. That is settler colonial logic.

Caw taking notes with a chonk blue pencil while looking at the website for the 2026 MuseumNext Museum AI Summit.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Billy Joel Symposium is over! I was LIVE (unbelievable, I know) and IN PERSON at this event with my longtime colleague, Kristen J. Nyitray. I love that the conference program put my Caw doodle in.

Caw doodle wearing a dark blue shirt in the bottom right pointing at a conference program showing the "Slow Down, You Crazy Child" session time and name.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I'm in the news! I'm writing a book on US Archives and Sovereignty Violence with Bloomsbury that comes out in 2027. It's about how archives are used by the US settler state to enact sovereign violence against its Indigenous peoples.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

🌟We're a month away from my first in person conference talk in 2 years!!!🌟My paper/talk argues that Billy Joel's song "Vienna" operates as a counter-temporal, affective archive within algorithmically paced life for Gen Zers. See the full program/register: www.limusichalloffame.org/billy-joel-s...

Caw appearing in a cartoony remix of Billy Joel's album cover for The Stranger.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Another day, another room in our data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is working as a freelancer.

Caw stares at a door with multiple eyes and hands protruding from it that asks invasive questions.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Introducing a data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is "when you ask data related questions to leadership." A 10/10 spooky room. Will haunt us all forever.

Caw stares at a bunch of leaders fighting in a dust cloud in front of a neon-lit window. A ghost stares down at the leaders who yell: This is a top priority. Go through your colleague first. Look at the manual.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Introducing a data professional haunted house. Walk the halls with me and experience the horror that is doing data labor. Today's room is "networking" with emphasis on the quotes. Networking is about making social connections, not career counseling.

The cartoony crow, Caw, looks alarmed and presses her back against the door. Feet bunching up the carpet on the floor she's pressing so hard. Someone knocks loudly at the door and asks: What trainings should I do? How do I find work? Why should I go to grad school? How do I become a consultant like you? What should my resume look like?

The cartoony crow, Caw, peeks behind a curtain with a scared expression. A lime light shows the words: Spring Fever. A data professional haunted house. By Dana Reijerkerk.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

How much should you charge for digital asset manager and other freelance data services? Your rates are your rates. Only you know your finances. But here's some ideas on what to charge based on day rates of freelancers in creative industries.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Chapter one of my book, "Archives and The Politics of Sovereignty Violence," is done!! I rage-wrote a good chunk on some of the real-time acts of sovereignty violence that the US government is committing against its citizens (e.g. ICE, Epstein Files Cover-Up, mass firings across cultural heritage).

Cartoony crow staring at a message in it's hands that reads: An update on my Bloombury book. Chapter one is done!

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

WIP storyboard for the video game's opening. Still on the fence on how I want to design the DM who'll show up as the narrator in the tv commercial. I'll probably test this for keyframe animation in godot too. #dnd #indiegame #gamedev #storyboard #2dart #godot

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Géraud Zucchini - SOL CESTO 🌞 @docgeraud.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our animated trailer hit 800K views!!! It gave our sales and wishlists a massive boost. Turns out taking risks with unusual art direction can really pay off 🌞

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I decided to make a storyboard for my opening animation that plays before you select your DnD character class to help plan out the plot, Janice's placement, and what will be quick and easy for doing in engine. #indiegame #gamedev #2dart #dnd #turnbased #godot

Screenshot of a storyboard showing a bleary eyed rat in bed surrounded by books and papers.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I started adding art assets into Godot. I didn't realize how good I had it in the other games I made. I could pull in animations as GIF files outright. Not in Godot.🫣 #indiegame #gamedev #dnd #2dart #turnbased #godot

Screenshot of a Godot scene showing a cartoony grocery store background. A fat rat man stands in the back smiling. A gator makes a "one second" hand gesture (hand raised, pointer finger to the sky). A blue hand holding coupons is in the far left.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Spring is the season of writing. I got a book project on archives and the politics of tribal sovereignty violence and papers on: digital preservation of AR tech, AI in healthcare data operations, and Gen Zers obsession with Billy Joel's song "Vienna." What are you working on?

Cartoony crow smiling while surrounded by pages of paper. The writing reads: What freelance writing projects is Dana working on?

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Turned in my first chapter for my book. It felt like this.

Cartoony crow doodles in different poses.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

I'm a part of a working group looking at still image authenticity and we made a survey to collect use cases/user stories to be included in the Appendix of a white paper on the subject. You can take the survey and learn more about it at forms.gle/mt7HwZAz48eU... #culturalheritage #stillimages

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

It's International Women's Day! I've always relied on many women in my data career and life. I strongly believe in collaboration that is reciprocal (it mutually benefits both parties). How do you support your femme colleagues and collaborators?

Cartoony crow surrounded by women characters.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

My books are open! I help nonprofits, archives, museums, libraries, and creatives manage their IT systems, databases, websites, and media (working files, animations, A/V, infographics, fonts, licenses, comics). Have a project? Email me at danareijerkerk@gmail.com.

Cartoony crow tapping a board that reads: Data consultant, digital asset manager, fullstack developer. Newspapers sit on a table; their headlines include: My books are open, remote, freelance, contract work and part time.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Another white paper published! I partnered with a fellow freelancer to write on AI in healthcare data operations. Here's some of the cartoony art I made for it. I tried to replicate the medieval manuscript art-style, which notoriously had bizarre healthcare imagery. #2dart #whitepaper

Strawberry doodles and a watercolor cartoony alligator.

A cartoony crying bunny holding a wilted flower.

A cartoony cat holding a giant magnifying glass.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Janice is pissed there's no food. This is one of the OG scenes to set up the premise of the game. I'm working on making Janice's face more cartoony and easier to add tiny animations. #indiegame #gamedev #2dart #dnd #godot

Cartoony rat looking around an empty fridge.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Quest menu! It's going to pop up from the bottom of the screen. If I can figure this out: I also want a subtle animation of the page flapping a little right when you pull it out. #indiegame #gamedev #godot #2dart #dnd

Cartoony hands holding a piece of paper that reads shopping list.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I've got news. I'm writing a book on Archives and the Politics of Tribal Sovereignty Violence in the US with Bloomsbury Libraries Unlimited!

Cartoony crow holding a piece of paper that reads: I'm writing a book on archives and the politics of tribal sovereignty violence in the USA.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Redesigned the settings menu! I put filler text for music and voice volumes. I'll use the in-game font for that. #indiegame #gamedev #2dart #godot #dnd

Cartoony video game settings menu showing a hand holding coupons.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I made this little demo in a few hours today just to see if I could achieve the sort of, midcentury off-kilter background art vibe. They're just very simple geometries with some grease pencil, which has a subtle noise modifier on it. #artpost #b3d #blender

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I'm writing a technical paper for iPRES on augmented reality digital preservation and came across this interesting article on AR as a socio-technical approach. It's not just the tech stack that matters; the interests and satisfaction of users are equally important. www.nature.com/articles/s40...

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Why people use augmented reality in heritage museums: a socio-technical perspective - npj Heritage Science

npj Heritage Science - Why people use augmented reality in heritage museums: a socio-technical perspective

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Cleaning up backgrounds with the correct separation of characters vs backgrounds this time. #indiegame #gamedev #godot #2dart #dnd

Cartoony drawing of people standing around a grocery store.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Still changing the UI. I made the inventory bigger with buttons you click to move up/down. You click the grocery list icon (top right) to view your quests. Working on the logic for mouse hover and clicks. #godot #indiegame #indiedev #2dart #dnd

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Behold Beatrice, your rogue class companion in "Don't Talk To Me". Besides that I'm fixing menus and designing a modal menu for inspect/talk when you hover over NPCs and objects in the game. #godot #indiegame #indiedev #dnd #2dart

Different poses and facial expressions of pregnant character in green socks.

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I'm working on a white paper on healthcare data operations and made these medieval art-style doodles to go in it.

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bianca wylie @biancawylie.com · 18/01/2026

“Tech critics become technocrats when they overlook the daunting administrative density of a digital-first society. The author implores critics to reject structural dependencies on digital tools rather than naturalize their integration via critique/reform“ J.Penn www.policyready.ca/policymaking...

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Less as more: decomputing in the age of tech accelerationism — Resources for today's policymakers

By Bianca Wylie In 2021, in the Journal of Social Computing, historian Jonnie Penn made the argument for “Algorithmic Silence: A Call to Decomputerize.” As he summarizes:   “Tech critics become...

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Found an old prototype for "Late Night Surfing" - a Big Comfy Couch tv show spoof. Timing the mouth movements and getting the overlays to work when you changed channels sucked. You can play the full game for free: decolfutures.itch.io/late-night-s... #indiegame #indiedev #2d #art #vn #visualnovel

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Dana Reijerkerk @decolfutures.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

This weekend I worked on backgrounds. I want to return to the game's front menu next. #indiegame #gamedev #godot #dnd #2d #art

Background art for a video game showing grocery store shelves and a ceiling.

Background art for a video game showing a front door and open doorway with a covered window.

Background for a video game showing a curved kitchen floor, green fridge, and pet food bowl.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

hi- I'm a 3d animator with extensive experience in Maya and Blender, working in TV, film, and games! If you or someone you know is hiring for a 3d animation position, please email me (jam@sent.as) or pass this along to your talent folks! 🤩 Thank you so much!

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