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

the problems with technology & justice

Blogged: I think my ex’s online rantings are hurting my chances with other women.

Jonathan Abrams to be replaced at Friendster?

clarifying the Viegas survey

the best Friendster advert ever

“Orkut thinks danah is a school bus.”

an aversion to mail

Intimate communities: social/emotional support, technology and the gender divide

monkey, ninja, pirate, robot?

through kitsch and beyond