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A Professional Turn

15/01/2023 by Perkinsy

2 blank monitors on white desk, in between which can be seen a cat sleeping behind them. Sunlight is filtered through a partially open blind casting strips on the sleeping cat and part of the desk. In the foreground is a Linux book and a white keyboard.

The new year is a good time to share some big changes in my life during 2022. I left you in August last year with the promise of more blog posts, then silence. I didn’t manage to publish one post in months. There was a reason for this. Over the last year I had been feeling that I was ready for a change and a new challenge, so I started applying for jobs. In September I … [Read more...] about A Professional Turn

Conference, Hack, Conference

29/06/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 5 Comments

Today I am embarking on a crazy eleven days. This week I am attending the International Digital Humanities Conference at the University of Western Sydney. When that ends on Friday, I then head to the State Library of NSW for the weekend of the GovHack competition. I’ll be there throughout the weekend extracting a variety datasets about World War I as part of a team which will … [Read more...] about Conference, Hack, Conference

Singapore Workflow

02/10/2014 by Yvonne Perkins 8 Comments

Gradually I am developing a work routine here in Singapore. After moving from Sydney I travelled to Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart visiting relations before flying to Singapore. For five weeks I had been living out of a suitcase and in temporary accommodation. It is so good to finally have a place called home. I work from the study in our apartment. My desk was made by my … [Read more...] about Singapore Workflow

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Yvonne Perkins is a professional historian and launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. Focusing on history, and Australian history in particular, posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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