Theorizing the Web is an inter- and non-disciplinary annual conference that brings together scholars, journalists, artists, activists, and commentators to ask big questions about the interrelationships between the Web and society. We deeply value public engagement, and consider insights from academics, non-academics, and non-“tech theorists” alike to be equally valuable. […]
I had the honor of TAing this past semester of the Codesign Studio out of the MIT Media Lab with Sash, Bex, and Aditi. The topic this round was COUNTERSURVIELLANCE, and our project partners ranged from the EFF to the Guardian project to Transition House. The final presentations were amazing […]
The MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference ran today, and will continue tomorrow. You can see the live blogs on the Civic blog. The Internet, we are often told, has changed everything, from business and government to news and civics. But the Internet itself is changing as well. Revelations about widespread government […]
The MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference ran today, and will continue tomorrow. You can see the live blogs on the Civic blog. The Internet, we are often told, has changed everything, from business and government to news and civics. But the Internet itself is changing as well. Revelations about widespread government […]
To Protect and Infect Calafou – post capitalist eco-industrial community Even More Tamagotchis Were Harmed in the Making of this Presentation Southern Appalachian Space Agency No Neutral Ground in a Burning World Interesting Times Glen Greenwald’s Keynote 07KINDSTON25 JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE
The Global Lives Project is a video library of life experience, designed to cultivate empathy across cultures. We curate an ever-expanding collection of films that faithfully capture 24 continuous hours in the lives of individuals from around the world. We explore the diversity of human experience through the medium of […]
Some friends of mine have been advocating for this rad thing called IndieWeb. It’s a way of regaining control of your information, data, and profile online. This is my first pass at explaining what it is they’re up to. Embed code for prezi: <iframe src=”http://prezi.com/embed/szh6k4_xzfdu/?bgcolor=ffffff&lock_to_path=0&autoplay=0&autohide_ctrls=0&features=undefined&disabled_features=undefined” width=”550″ height=”400″ frameBorder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozAllowFullscreen […]
Some awesome friends of mine over at Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team submitted a grant to the Humanitarian Innovation Fund. A few days before submitting, they called me up to ask for me to draw what was going on, which I was more than happy to do.
humanitariantechnology.org I was on the selection committee of this conference, and chaired a couple sessions. Here are the drawings I did for the morning of day one:
Berkman Luncheon with Ivan. I am exploring the effects of citizen media and social movements, within the lens of Global Voices coverage and activism, with an eye toward developing future editorial practices. The world is now saturated with media content, and attention is scarce almost everywhere. The fact of saturation […]
