My name is danah boyd and I'm a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Visting Researcher at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. I received my PhD from the School of Information at UC-Berkeley. I spend 1/3 of my time in Cambridge, MA, 1/3 in New York, NY, and 1/3 in the air. Buzzwords in my world include: public/private, identity, context, youth culture, social network sites, social media. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

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Archive

roleplaying in social software

developing digital and physical architecture

Kuleshov effect and remix culture

social norms are not behind other points of regulation

graffiti archaeology in Wired

The Year in Phrases: Friendster

competition vs. collaboration: events, people & ideas

die puny technologists

location tracking

inappropriate blogging