In the cheeky and candid way that those who follow OkTrends have come to love, Christian Rudder recently declared “We Experiment on Human Beings!”.

We …

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As a new notion takes root in the zeitgeist one can find competing definitions circulating in popular culture and scholarly literature. This is especially so …

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In addition to research and writing, summer is time to catch up on my reading. I thought I might share summaries of my favorites.

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A blog entry Swartz wrote in 2009, titled “Honest Theft,” neatly details his view of the school as a haven for rebelliousness. He described friends …

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I finally got around to doing a screen cast of Thunderdell and BusySponge. I’m presently in the process of moving to support YAML/CSL …

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I thought I would share a draft of a new paper; it’s still rough and I welcome any and all feedback!

Fake geek girls …

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Last week I had an interesting conversation with Noam Cohen from the NYT about Wikipedia vs. The Small Screen.

Some Internet specialists argue that Wikipedia …

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As I continue to think about geekdom, especially in the context of the boundary policing of “fake geek girls,” I return to Pierre Bourdieu’s …

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The well-regarded photo-blogger David Hobby (the “Strobist”) got fed up with moderating blog comments and invented a way to use Twitter in their stead. Each …

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Nick Bilton’s Hatching Twitter tells of four friends who became rivals in the claim for having “founded” Twitter. (A recurring narrative well captured in …

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