David Underdown

Data Engineer @UKNatArchives, (Digital Archiving). Plus, singing, promming, cycling and bell ringing and #WWI. Own views.

[David Underdown @DavidUnderdown9]

Getting setup on Mastodon just in case @[email protected]

[Ange @angealbertini]

I will cover the Doom PDF soon.

In the meantime, check my livestream recordings on the PDF basics if you’re not comfortable with the unique structure of PDF files.
https://t.co/YB9nqGsOhc

[Commonwealth War Graves @CWGC]

We have worked with volunteer researchers (including the In From the Cold Project) to identify over 1,700 members of South African labour units who will be named on the new memorial in Cape Town.

We spoke to their descendants, hear their heartfelt stories below:

[David Underdown @DavidUnderdown9]

@KingstonCycling @RBKingston About time!

[The National Archives @UkNatArchives]

📣 New file release from MI5!

Over 100 Security Service (MI5) files have been released today.

In a new blog, our Records Specialist Mark Dunton summarises some of the fresh perspectives they contain on the notorious Cambridge Five spy ring: https://t.co/TIF7rE9j8G

[David Underdown @DavidUnderdown9]

@SusanMcLaughli2 Not me. That David Underdown died a few years ago. Not related so far as I’ve been able to establish

[David Underdown @DavidUnderdown9]

Getting setup on Mastodon just in case @[email protected]

[GDS @GDSTeam]

Under the ‘Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018’, we monitor samples of public sector websites and apps.

The latest report is published here: https://t.co/pNzMuBDJFC

[Dr. Alexander S. Burns @KKriegeBlog]

Data from ~38,000 British soldiers from 1755-1758 yields an average age of ~28. A just little younger than Christopher Duffy's "well-set up man in his early thirties."

Compare that to:
US soldier in WW2 was 26.
Vietnam it was 19-23.
Today in the US it is ~27.

[Twickenham Choral @twickchoral]

Our Messiah concert on 21 December is sold out. You can join a waiting list for returns via @LandmarkArts. Next up a workshop day on Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 led by @HowardIonascu and @kirstyjhopkins on Sat 1 Feb @Surbiton_Church (St Andrew’s) https://t.co/KZ9geK5HCb

[Tyler Thorsted @CHLThor]

#fileformat Friday! Lots of extensions, same format. Looking at NCH Software formats. #digipres #software https://t.co/4ZMbn6KToG

[Queensland State Archives @QSArchives]

📜 Important changes to #QueenslandGovernment recordkeeping

The Public Records Act 2023, effective today, will help increase transparency and preserve history for Queenslanders.

[ComputerWeekly @ComputerWeekly]

NCA takes out network that laundered ransomware payments https://t.co/EO7KbiVEQL

[PMC @PrommersCharity]

Also, you can now find us in another place https://t.co/mDyQLXsYON

[PMC @PrommersCharity]

We can now announce the distribution of this year’s collection https://t.co/4uZhC4TFMU @YLvsCancer @HelpMusicians @SoundaboutUK @RHNuk @hearmeoutuk
If you’d like to be one of next year’s charities, we are now open for applications (see info in post)

[ARA UK+I Conference @ARAconf]

Our Call for Papers is live for our
#ARA2025 conference - the theme is ‘Next Generation: Innovation and Imagination in Record Keeping', giving plenty of scope for everyone - full details and how to submit here https://t.co/uHKiDonDQc ... deadline 17 January

[DPC Chatter @dpc_chat]

👋🏽DPC Members with an interest in preserving AV materials👋🏽 Please join our #Audiovisual Special Interest Group event on Mon 25 Nov, 11-12 AEDT, with a presentation by the National Museum of Australia and Q&A for all. More info: https://t.co/AJ3ve4MB9K

[David Underdown @DavidUnderdown9]

@KingstonCycling @lucullus I wonder when the other end of Thatched Lodge Road went?

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

This is a fitting culmination to an amazing story - back in 2020, I wrote in the @CatholicHerald about archaeologists' firm identification of the relics of St Eanswythe in Folkestone https://t.co/9cuyxle8WP

[Tyler Thorsted @CHLThor]

To wrap up #wdpd2024 and for #fileformat Friday, I took a look at RealVideo #digipres https://t.co/92EYoCfDao

[Adrian Gregory @AdrianGregory20]

Good thread and a reminder of how pre-twentieth century armies lost men whilst in camp.

[Essex Record Office @essexarchive]

For World Digital Preservation Day, we thought we'd share some of the work we've been doing on preserving digital records for future generations. Find out more over on our blog https://t.co/GTqW1ckqew

#WDPD2024 #digitalpreservation #archives #heritage #Essex