I've written a lot here about the need for companies to engage in value-conscious design of their products and services. This, admittedly, is no simple task. Ever since spending a few weeks thinking about this topic a few years ago,…
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Library 2.0 Symposium at Yale Law School (April 4)
I'm pleased to announce my involvement in the "Library 2.0 Symposium", hosted by the Yale Information Society Project, to be held on April 4, 2009 at Yale Law School. From the press release: Library 2.0 Symposium to Explore the Future…
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“Is My Cellphone Spying on Me?” Eagle Eye DVD Commentary
Following up, the DVD for the hit action/thriller movie “Eagle Eye” has been released. The second disc of the 2-disc special edition includes the commentary "Is My Cellphone Spying on Me?", featuring reflections on technology and surveillance by the actors…
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“Should we be scared?”: Privacy & technology (WUWM “Lake Effect”)
I recently taped an interview with Milwaukee's public radio affiliate, WUWM, and it aired today. The topic was privacy and technology, focusing mostly on how to balance the speed and ubiquity of new technology, the conveniences they provide, and the…
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CFP: Performance, New Media, and Surveillance
If you share my appreciation for the ctrl[space]: Rhetorics of Surveillance exhibit and book, linking surveillance, theory, and art, you might be interested in this call for papers for a special issue of Surveillance & Society on "Performance, New Media,…
Position Announcement: Yale Information Society Project Fellowships
The Information Society Project (ISP) at Yale Law School is seeking applicants for 2009-2010 postdoctoral fellowships. The ISP resident fellowships are designed for recent graduates of law or Ph.D. programs who are interested in careers in teaching and public service…
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CFP: IR.10 Internet: Critical (Milwaukee – 2009)
The Call for Papers for Internet Research 10.0 - Internet: Critical, the 10th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), has been released: Call for Papers Internet Research 10.0 - Internet: Critical The 10th Annual International and Interdisciplinary…
Position Announcement: Research Fellowship with Helen Nissenbaum at NYU
Helen Nissenbaum at New York University has an open postdoc position for those interested in working on various NSF-funded projects involving privacy, security and the social dimensions of networking. I cannot say enough about the ways I benefited from working…
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CFP: The Ethics of Information Organization
I am pleased to announce that the Center for Information Policy Research and the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee are hosting an important conference on "The Ethics of Information Organization". The full CFP is below: The…
Announcing IR.10 Internet:Critical (Milwaukee – 2009)
The 10th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from October 7-11, 2009. The conference theme will be "Internet:Critical", providing a space for interdisciplinary researchers to reflect on, describe, interrogate, challenge, and…
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