Research assistant and doctoral candidate / Ruhr-Universität Bochum

2022 - Current

Researching the history of online commenting technologies and practices as part of SFB 1472 - Transformationen des Populären.

Metadata dating the digital city: a software archaeological approach

This article expands upon the use of the archaeological metaphor within web archaeology, arguing for a "software archaeological approach". Metadata Dating three archives of the Amsterdam Digital City serve as an example of how historical insights can be gained by considering web-based artefacts as software.

From healthy communities to toxic debates: Disqus’ changing ideas about comment moderation

Article on how Disqus, one of the most popular commenting systems, presents itself in their online blogs.

DIY Handboek voor Webarcheologie Do It Yourself: Plan, graaf, reconstrueer en ontsluit!

The DIY handbook for web archaeology. In this book it is described how one may perform their own web archaeological projects. The required organisational and technical steps are described with the case study of De Digital Stad as an example.

Software Engineer / DBugIT

November 2019 - Current

Software engineer developing the DBugIT platform, an online tool for teaching software testing.