I have made a last minute decision to throw myself into #blogjune and see what happens. My primary motivation, true to the #blogjune intention, is to try and get into the habit of blogging more frequently by taking the ‘daily blog’ challenge. But it should also be worthwhile as June 2014 is shaping up to be an interesting and varied ‘month in the life’.

It’s the last month of the Find & Connect web resource project in it’s current form, and I’m the Lead Archivist, which means lots and lots to do along with lots of reflection on how far we’ve come (and planning for what comes next).

I also have a pile of other work on this month, from wrangling metadata standards and running workshops on collection and resource description, to attending a workshop on social network analysis; trying to get some new projects off the ground; and either continuing or finishing up work on others. Plus I need to fit in some research and writing for two journal articles I am co-authoring before the end of the month.

Then, on 21 June I fly to Victoria, Canada for the 39th annual conference of the Association of Canadian Archivists, where (among other things) I’m presenting as part of a panel session called ‘Access, Action, Activism, Advocacy and Autonomy. Australian Archives Answer the Challenge.’

And in the three weeks before I head overseas I’m going to the second Melbourne ‘DH at the Pub’ catch-up (also known as ‘Drinking about Digital Humanities’), DJing at the Rainbow hotel (Friday 6 June), planning a visit to the David McDiarmid and Douglas Gordon exhibitions at the NGV and ACCA respectively, seeing gigs by Kristin Hersh and the Hard-Ons, and am attending my niece’s 1st birthday, all while trying to consider topics for a possible PhD in the not too distant future, finalising planning for an overseas holiday to London and Italy later in the year, trying to sell my car, and more.

Planning to blog every day amongst that might be considered madness, but I’m going to give it a go. Besides, there should be plenty to write about.