Below is a list of what I’m currently working on, listening to, reading, etc. (updated: 2024-04-21)
reading
- Filterworld: How Algorithms Flattened Culture by Kyle Chayka
- Slow Productivity by Cal Newport
- The Life and Death of King John by William Shakespeare
- Attack on Titan by Hajime Isayama
listening to
I’m currently working my way through Tom Waits’s entire discography. Additionally, here is what I have in rotation this week:
house projects
- cleaning up the south side-yard of my house
- replacing the couch in our main living area
- adding additional raised beds to the backyard space
- fixing all the broken door hinges
in the garden
- parsley, camomile, mint, basil, thyme, oregano
- red and golden potatoes
- corn
- Big Boy and yellow lemon tomatoes
- yellow squash and zucchini
- cucumbers
- eggplant
- jalapeños and green bell peppers
- Burgundy and violetta beans
- golden beets
- various leafy greens for salads
work projects
- Donor work: coordinating and consolidating all donor-related information for the library and creating regular reporting structures for gathering this information from stakeholders
- Pure (Elsevier): creating a faculty outreach plan to increase awareness and use of the platform
- Annual reports (individual, department, and two committees)
- Year in Review: leading, writing, designing, and editing the library’s annual report to stakeholders
- Co-writing a brief article with a colleague on outreach to first-years