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

why Orkut makes people insecure

banned from Orkut?

what is beta in the context of social software?

Genevieve on mobile culture

orkut pissyness, round 2

venting my contempt for orkut

identity reflection by identity construction

invites to Orkut on eBay

elements of blogging

on compliments (musings)