Following my post Who Needs an Ethnographer? a few weeks ago, I had several very interesting conversations on the purpose and possible methods of volunteering expertise as an ethnographer. One of these was with Eugenia Lee who is today’s guest blogger on her experience of working on a volunteer ethnography project in conjunction with Tufts … Continue reading
Category Archives: Technology & Society
MOOC Overload (Or, The Day The Code Came)
I may have overdone it slightly. I signed up for three MOOCs all running concurrently. Two of these are computer science/programming courses and one is a business school/social sciences course on organizational analysis, just for a bit of variety. I’ve already told you about my adventures with CS50, Harvard University’s well-known introduction to computer science … Continue reading
MOOC Overload (Or, The Day The Code Came)
I may have overdone it slightly. I signed up for three MOOCs all running concurrently. Two of these are computer science/programming courses and one is a business school/social sciences course on organizational analysis, just for a bit of variety. I’ve already told you about my adventures with CS50, Harvard University’s well-known introduction to computer science … Continue reading
Beautiful Knowledge
Yesterday I went to David McCandless’s talk “Knowledge is Beautiful” at the British Library. It’s part of a series of events in conjunction with the Beautiful Science exhibition and I felt lucky to have snaffled up a last-minute spare ticket as the talk was sold out. If you work in data and you aren’t already … Continue reading
Storify of International Women’s Day WomenTechmakers Summit at Google Campus London
I celebrated International Women’s Day by attending a women in technology one-day conference hosted by WomenTechmakers and Google in London. WomenTechmakers and Google partnered to host events all over the world, including one in London. I had some fantastic conversations throughout the day. One of my favourite parts was finding myself suddenly thrown into the … Continue reading
How C Built the Pyramid
In a bid to improve my understanding of the boxes of plastic I work with every day, I’ve started taking an online computer science course through EdX (Harvard’s CS50–you too can share the fun!) Part of this involves programming homework in a language called C. Every geek’s reaction, when I tell them this, is basically … Continue reading
How C Built the Pyramid
In a bid to improve my understanding of the boxes of plastic I work with every day, I’ve started taking an online computer science course through EdX (Harvard’s CS50–you too can share the fun!) Part of this involves programming homework in a language called C. Every geek’s reaction, when I tell them this, is basically … Continue reading
Dragon of Doom Eats London
If you come here often, you’ll note that many of my posts are, well, a bit silly. I think silliness is generally underrated. Playfulness is an important part of the human experience, even for adults–and in a world where I interact almost exclusively with other grownups (many of whom are not a bit silly) it … Continue reading
The Dance of Moore & Wright: Technological Progress in XBox Dance Games
Last year I wrote a piece analysing the successes and failures of a popular XBox 360 dance game that I dubbed “XBox Dance Like that Uncle at the Wedding.” (It was actually Dance Central 3, for the curious.) In accordance with the Moore and Wright laws approximating the progress of technology (recently statistically validated by … Continue reading
Watching Fable: a Different Kind of Game Engagement
A while back, an XBox made its way into our household. I’ve never been much of a gamer myself: my main use of the XBox is watching catch-up TV while doing things like blogging, crocheting, and messing around on Facebook. For me TV is a background activity and I don’t generally have the patience to … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 