Last week, six guys came into a party that i was cohosting and stole my stuff. The six came together and left together. Tonight, a dear friend found a picture of one of the guys online:
One party attender stated the this guy asked for the bathroom (where my purse was ripped apart for valuable items).
I contacted the photographer and he sent me the rest of the pictures where you can see more of the guys (time stamps: 1:24AM-1:39AM).
Another party attender accidentally walked in the bathroom when the actual robber was going through my bag. He didn’t realize what was going on at the time, but he was able to ID the actual robber from this picture:
“He’s in this picture, but his face isn’t visible. He’s the one standing closest to the orange door with the short hair and the green t-shirt. He was the tallest, least hip, and most drunk of the group. I wish you had something more identifying. That is definitely him.”
Because these guys racked up my credit cards (and used the web from my phone), it’s now a felony fraud investigation as well as a robbery. Thanks everyone for helping me track down more information. If anyone has any clues, do let me know. Needless to say, the bloggers are going faster than the detectives. Thank you thank you thank you to those3 who are looking out for me!
Update 3/23: Detective Jewett (the detective on this case) said that i could post his email if anyone has additional information and wants to send it directly to him. (Be nice! Don’t send anything not related to the case, cause he’s being open and helpful.)
Detective Jewett: jason [dot] jewett [at] ci [dot] austin [dot] tx [dot] us
Austin Police Report Number: 2004-501-1946
More pictures:
That party almost looks like it could be at the Metropolis apartments on the southeast side by Riverside Drive.
Just thought better illuminated pics might work better for your purposes. It doesn’t improve much with the second and third photos, but you can see a definite improvement in the fourth photo.
first picture
second picture
third picture
fourth picture
Posting as someone who was at the party, and took these pictures:
When these guys first appeared in the apartment, I was like, “uhhh – who the hell are these guys?” Obviously not in this exclusive blogger party club. Let’s face it, bloggers are a tight-knit mostly white mostly affluent bunch – these guys IMMEDIATELY stuck out like a sore thumb at this party. Especially that late in the evening, when everybody knew everybody for the most part.
So they set off an alarm in my head – I was wary of them. I’m *always* wary of party crashers, of any color. I don’t generally let guys off the street into my house. Barlow said they were Roman rappers there for SXSW, and they might even rap for us (!).
I felt ashamed for my initial racist reaction to these guys. I thought, “Yeah, cool, Barlow is enlightened and everyone is welcome here, we’re open to whatever, it’s all good.” Yes, I was also drunk. 🙂 Hell, I took that picture after helping the guy open a wine bottle and pouring him that drink.
But it turns out my initial gut reaction was the correct one, so often the case. And yes, race does play into this and we shouldn’t pretend it’s not a factor. But facts are facts, thieves are thieves, and I dearly hope these pictures help catch them.
since the meeting of humans,somebody will be done wrong,sometimes it;best to move on before the value of whats lost becomes small in the battle to regain orright.
You’re entirely right, Chuck Olsen. When black people come to a white people party, you should call the police immediately. Would have saved a lot of trouble in this case, yes?
And anon, yes, there is a darned good reason why you only visit Austin once a year for SXSW. Places like this aren’t called “flyover territory” without cause.
Hey “Wow”: you’re ‘way out of line.
I’m just a driver-by here myself, (…send over by
Metafilter…) but I’ve read the post and all the comments,
and I have no clue as to the victim’s race.
(Am I allowed to describe her as a ‘victim’?)
I can infer from the context, but I don’t know.
Unless you know her, I don’t think you can be sure either.
So YOU’RE the one making racist assumptions here.
*puts on Troll-Shield(tm) goggles*
ahh, that’s better!
dear wow,
wow, you’re annoying. the type that makes activism seem like cliche bullshit. yeah, she shoulda been more careful. i know the feeling. maybe she’ll learn something.either way, i hate to lose my wallet. did it recently.
Wow, your comments show you to be someone who is well-versed at playing the victim. You log into the discussion and immediately turn it around to be about.. what? Racism… no way… it’s about the huuuuge chip you got on your shoulder. the only racist assumptions being made here are yours… about whitey… about how all whiteys are inherently racist… about how accusing someone of a crime is in and of itself a racist impulse? Thanks OJ….
“tallest, most drunk and unhip member of the group”?
that’s me at *any* party.
Blogosphere’s Most Wanted
While cohosting a SXSW party in Austin, danah boyd was ripped off by one or more of a half dozen folks who arrived late and tore into her purse, taking and using her credit cards. They took other valuables, all…
Wow, you guys are stupid. You’ve been gamed. Six different people have posted as “Wow” and you’ve collectively been stupid enuff to think they’re the same guy. Wow!
No, it’s just been me. I was told to look at this thread by a friend, and I was shocked to see that a white person was making completely unsubstantiated allegations against black people, with no proof other than her word. People have been lynched for less. I had to stand up for what’s right, even though from the responses I understand it’s rather unpopular in the Austin hicktown. The only poster to express sympathy with my position was the more broad-minded, sophisticated person from Los Angeles.
I recognize that this comment is on a tangent, but Wow isn’t the only person who was disturbed by this comment:
When these guys first appeared in the apartment, I was like, “uhhh – who the hell are these guys?” Obviously not in this exclusive blogger party club. Let’s face it, bloggers are a tight-knit mostly white mostly affluent bunch – these guys IMMEDIATELY stuck out like a sore thumb at this party.
I’m glad I didn’t make it to SXSW this year, because when I went before, I had a feeling that I stuck out like a sore thumb because I wasn’t white, even when I did go to events along with other bloggers who invited me. I tried to tell myself it was all in my head. But do people still really think like this??? I was so disturbed when I read this last night that I couldn’t even comment without sounding angry. But comments like this are really unfair. Bloggers are not mostly white (or the balance is no more skewed than the population at large), and definitely not mostly affluent, but they are tight-knit… or cliquish, rather. Bloggers link up their minds like they link up their blogrolls, and they tend to exercise the same prejudices that their blogfriends do. (Such as “I hate Bush” and “Flash mobs rule” and “Yeah, people of other races probably don’t share our interests.”) Perceptions like this are probably why I’ve felt so uncomfortable at mostly every blogger gathering I’ve ever been to, if they actually are pervasive and common. And the thought of that still happening in this day and age scares me just as much as the thought of having my cell phone and gadgets stolen at a party.
To put this on topic: I’m not saying that those guys didn’t steal the purse. I believe you when you say that the evidence strongly points to them, and even if I were there (which I obviously couldn’t have been, I guess, even if somebody in the “exclusive” group grandfathered me in), I’d probably be suspicious too. Chuck Olsen made up his mind against those guys well before the purse became an issue, just because of the way they looked. I don’t see how race has to be a factor, Chuck Olsen. People of all races steal. People of all races blog. What if the purse was still there, and one of those guys had a blog that got thousands of hits a day and he created his own Movable Type plugins that he chatted with you about instead of ever entering the bathroom? What if the guy who was found in the bathroom with the purse had blond hair and blue eyes and a Slashdot t-shirt on? You still would have jumped to your same conclusion about the party crashers in the first place. Would everyone else call Wow a troll if Chuck made that comment before Wow made his?
I just felt compelled to address that, because to be honest, as an active member of the blogosphere who is not white, it hurt my feelings. I hope I have the right to comment. I also hope the person finds her belongings and the people who stole it face punishment.
I agree with anon. read that comment y’all. there seems to be a lot more goin on in this deal than y’all want to admit. Now party crashers are party crashers, theives are thieves, but people are innocent until proven guilty. Putting up faces of potentially totally innocent people is not cool. Especially since it’s guilt by association. Isn’t it possible that one thief (not 6) robbed you? And would you group them together as 6 theives (and not one theif and his friends, or two and his friends) if they were white?
I don’t know and I assume the best, but I’m just sayin.
I was afraid my comment would be misinterpreted…
This opens up all kinds of issues that we should keep talking about, but let me just clarify what I said. This party was absolutely an exclusive, Net elite, A-list blogger party. Which is why I felt uncomfortable there myself, even though I knew a few people. Upon entering, each person who didn’t know John Perry Barlow said “I’m so-and-so, and I do this.” My gal and I were already intimidated, in fact my gal said “I’m Lori and I’m nobody!” There was this initial vibe – and this vibe seeps into many SXSW interactions – this vibe of “Who are you? Have I heard of you?” (Note: this vibe often disappears with alcohol.)
Now let’s talk about race and party crashers. I live in Minnesota. Other than a few black coworkers and a neighbor, I’m surrounded by white people. (I see white people!) My friends are mostly white. Parts of my body are so white you’d have to shield your eyes. My girlfriend looks like a Norweigan princess. I think you’re getting the picture. So, if I’m having a party and 6 black dudes come in – yes, that sets off a bell in my head. Unless some of them are the 6 black people I know, you better believe I’m going to ask them to leave. That’s common sense as far as I’m concerned. Now, what if they were 6 hot blonde girls? Or, 3 well-dressed black men, and 3 Asian women? Or 6 stinky street punks? Or… you see, it does get complicated. How would *you* react? We all have race, sex, and class prejudices to some extent. Let’s be honest about that.
(I think the short answer is – whatever they look like, unless they were friends of somebody there, my inclination would be to ask them to leave. I’ve been to enough parties where things were stolen and all the alcohol was snarfed by people who don’t know me. I prefer smaller gatherings among friends.)
My blogroll is probably 90% white. Off the top of my head, the only black bloggers I know are Oliver Willis, Tony Pierce, and George. I look at my Orkut friends… mostly white. I still think bloggers are more white and more affluent than the general population – does anyone have demographics? – but I have to fess up to seeing things from my skewed place in the world. Case in point – I looked at George’s Orkut friends, and *gasp* they were mostly black. I really regret not talking to George at SXSW about blogs and race, and how he felt being one of the only black bloggers at SXSW. SXSW truly is mostly white and affluent and male and cliquish – I have great Blogumentary footage of Heather Champ talking about this issue.
So anon – I’m very sorry if I hurt your feelings. That was most definitely not my intent. I’m just trying to be honest and share my perspective, and not tiptoe around these issues. I’m really glad you posted such a thoughtful response.
What I know:
I was at the party.
The invite said the party started at 8.
It was small and everyone seemed to be a friend of a friend. I bet, with the exception of those in teh pictures, danah could contact everyone there via email.
The group of men that nobody knew were walking by the party at after midnight when the party was winding down.
When they tried to enter the private building, Some guests leaving (and thus opening the door) explained that it was an invite only party (it was.)
I was told the men argued that they were being kept out because they were black. They were also the only “crashers,” but since nobody wants to be labeled a racist, the exiting party goers let the group in.
I was convinced that drunk (and adorable) danah merely misplaced her purse. Only when I heard of the credit card charges the next day was I able to accept that strangers betrayed my friends trust.
Please realize that i don’t agree with all comments or all assumptions made in this thread. Yes, the majority of attendees at this party were white. The majority were male. The majority were in their early 30s. Everyone who wasn’t in that dominant group was noticed. I could recall all the women who attended that party. I could tell you about all of the people over 50.
Now, the reason that these guys particularly stuck out had a lot more to do with their mode of interaction and discussion than their race. They obviously did not know anyone there, except each other. Everyone else did. It wasn’t a flyered party but a friend of a friend party announced last minute. Furthermore, they immediately asked what the party was about.
As for whether or not i would group them together if they were of a different race, i would in this situation. Particularly when they came together, stuck together, left together and then bought $36 worth of burgers within an hour (as well as a slew of other things at other venues). One guy did the stealing; the group did the fraud.
I definitely would love to assume the best, but i was there. And i know what went down. And i know that i would’ve reacted this way if they were any other race; the last time i was robbed (over 3 years ago), it was one white guy and i went after him too.
Well there you have it. There are so many layers. I’m imagining a Far Side-esque cartoon:
A bunch of red blob aliens wearing Slashdot T-shirts, and coming in the door is a blue alien. Red blob#1: “Call the cops!” Red blob#2: “No man it’s cool – he’s got a Slashdot shirt on.”
I know – keep the day job…
As for whether or not i would group them together if they were of a different race, i would in this situation. Particularly when they came together, stuck together, left together and then bought $36 worth of burgers within an hour (as well as a slew of other things at other venues). One guy did the stealing; the group did the fraud.
Or the person who stole the stuff could have immediately sold it to someone else, or exchanged it, or any number of things after the person walked out the door and you couldn’t see them. As the police have no doubt mentioned, the person committing the fraud and the person committing the theft are by no means necessarily the same person, nor are their friends necessarily the same friends. The informal economy is really good at forming transient, goal-driven social relationships that exist solely to break the traceability of objects and actions.
Hi,
I’m the ‘gal’ with Chuck Olsen, and I was at the party too. And I must clarify, that whenever you have a close group of people of a known quantity-bloggers-at a party and some unknown people show up, they are party crashers. To me it doesn’t really matter what race they are, but if they show up after 1am and argue their way in the door and claim they are going around performing and might perform for our small unknown random party, then warning bells go off in my head too. That is just suspicious, I mean when someone does that, they may be just looking for free booze as happened to us once at our house, but they may be looking for something more, and I think asking them to leave is smart.
As for Chuck’s “race issues” I as his girlfriend can attest, he really doen’t have any, not in the sense of what has alarmed some here. Chuck is just being painfully honest, which I dare say in our world few of us are for fear of opening up just such a can of worms. Unfortunately in our society there is still prejudice and racism, and I wish it weren’t so, but the basic fact is, our screwed up society screws us all up a bit no matter how hard we try to avoid it. Until there is no more racism in our society I think we’ll all have a little taint of it just from growing up in our world. The thing is, we have to stop just slapping each other around for it, and talk it out and get past it, and that it what Chuck was getting at.
I lament that bloggers are mostly young and white and I aim to do my little part to change that. i recently met the editor of a local black community newspaper here in MN and I – totally independently of this thread, I SWEAR- was just thinking tonight I should email him to publish a story on blogs in that paper, to try and get some more black voices out there. We need the internet and the blogosphere to truly be the great equalizer for ALL voices!
it seems to me like a lotta people are afraid of admitting they have *any* prejudice.
what if you weren’t white, and at 1am a buncha white frat boys showed up? of course you’d make some judgement based on what they look like, color of their skin, baseball caps etc. – either way it’s people off the street wantin’ your booze!
hell yeah get more black people blogging… those guys were on the other side of the digital divide, that’s half the problem right there.
DO BLOGS REPRESENT?
It seems I’ve accidentally painted myself as a racist on danah’s robber thread. Whoops. Lorika, bless her heart, tried to come to my rescue. Tonight she said, jokingly, “Maybe you should tell them about the time you slept with
I have black friends, i swear to GOD!
I went and wrote a little thing – Do Blogs Represent? – including the aforementioned video clip of Heather Champ and Derek P. talking gender/race at SXSW.
Also, the MIT blog study (for what its worth) found only 1% of bloggers are African-American. So, go Lorika. I truly do believe blogs are the people’s media, and yes we need to reach across the digital divide.
The idea that Ms. Boyd would risk her reputation by playing the race card when she already holds the trump is assinine.
The idea that there is, as someone wrote above, a “net elite” or an “A-list” with regard to bloggers is assinine incremented by an order of magnitude. Tech bloggers think the usual suspects are in the A-list. Lit bloggers have their own, as do political bloggers, Tupperware bloggers, ad nauseum.
The more subsets the blog world fosters, the more diluted the idea of an A-list becomes. It becomes diluted to the point of wanking to the point of becoming chaffed raw.
I believe she is behaving well here. Were I to have experienced a theft, were I to have a photograph of the alledged thief, I wouldn’t rationally post it so I could get more information. I wouldn’t seek Mr. Luster’s kinder, gentler Angels.
But then, I’m a right bastard.
I’m sorry, Ms. Boyd. I hope you forgive the rant, but cowards calling thoughtful, well educated people from my alma mater bigots and the mere metion of this rediculous and self-congratulatory A-list in the same comments section really got me going.
To Blog a Thief
Have we bridged the digital divide enough to use the Internet as a viable way to accomplish societal tasks? The Internet is a gathering spot and hangout for some, but is it a way of life for enough people to…
So now we know (at long last) that somebody (who originally may have wanted to find only CASH and/or DRUGS in an unattended purse grabbed conveniently at a party full of tipsy people)bought 36 dollar worth of burgers soon after doing shots at Danah’s party. That does not seem too much food for six drunken strong young men, who appear to have unlimited spending possibility at hand at that moment but that’s just my private opinion.
This still does not explain the next twist: did they then sit down with the Sprint cell phone Web browser and logged onto some naughty site while enjoying the pictures together on that huge screen, or did they wait until next morning, used another Web access system, ordered items to a physical address? If the same people did that, they sound as sophisticated as any pale exclusive blogger, whose major computer expertise often does not amount to more than filling a few pitiful Web pages with typos and grammatical errors.
Also, the guy in the first picture seems as exclusive if not more exclusive as Oliver Willis the Conceited himself (and paler too but that may just be the lights).
Somehow this whole presentation reminds me of the scene when exlusive, spoiled and extremely drunk (and not at all attractive) Nicole Ricci could not find her purse in a bar and threw a large bottle of bleach onto a pool table. Fortunately nobody got hurt then.
So now we know (at long last) that somebody (who originally may have wanted to find only CASH and/or DRUGS in an unattended purse grabbed conveniently at a party full of tipsy people)bought 36 dollar worth of burgers soon after doing shots at Danah’s party. That does not seem too much food for six drunken strong young men, who appear to have unlimited spending possibility at hand at that moment but that’s just my private opinion.
This still does not explain the next twist: did they then sit down with the Sprint cell phone Web browser and logged onto some naughty site while enjoying the pictures together on that huge screen, or did they wait until next morning, used another Web access system, ordered items to a physical address? If the same people did that, they sound as sophisticated as any pale exclusive blogger, whose major computer expertise often does not amount to more than filling a few pitiful Web pages with typos and grammatical errors.
Also, the guy in the first picture seems as exclusive if not more exclusive as Oliver Willis the Conceited himself (and paler too but that may just be the lights).
Somehow this whole presentation reminds me of the scene when exlusive, spoiled and extremely drunk (and not at all attractive) Nicole Ricci could not find her purse in a bar and threw a large bottle of bleach onto a pool table. Fortunately nobody got hurt then.
I think WOW is the first guy…
36 dollars worth of burgers? That prob’ly means they wanted to get something before they sold the cards, but were too cowardly to hang onto them for too long. The next day thing was someone else.
As for the racism accusations- what a joke. They are thieves, period. What’s *really* got your panties in a knot is the idea that a [presumably] white woman is calling for action against black men, and that might sound a little too close to the old lynchin’ days for you.
But you know? I say GO FOR IT. You’ve been thinking about the power of Social Networks in the blogosphere- here it is. I don’t think its anything like the bad ole days…
Anyway..I would have asked them to leave. If they hadn’t done so right away, I would have called the police & If they said ‘boo’ I’d have gotten a bat. Nobody comes to my house both unknown and uninvited. But then I’ve come from rough surrounds.
urthshu: the problem here is that the story as presented by the “host” is full of lies, holes and exaggerations, not simply that a white woman calls for _vigilant_ justice against six black guys. Trust me, if those six men wanted to rob/ hurt “the white woman”, or do something else, anything, 8 exclusive (somewhat drunk) white bloggers could not have prevented them from achieving their goals.
Exaggeration One: like I pointed out earlier and emphasize over and over again, this is not a robbery. It does not even come close.
Then there are many gaps in the story (some are pointed out in my posts above, some not). For example: the perpetrator grabs the purse that is lying there unattended, then heads for the bathroom and rips the purse into pieces, probably looking for some quick cash and maybe drugs on the spur of the moment. After all, this was a party of exclusive A-list bloggers.
Why did s/he not block the door with his/her back to the door while doing all that hard work? How come it was so easy for someone to open the door and observe all this hasty activity? OK, let’s believe the observer – then the only logical assumption is, that the perpetrator is drunk and/or high on drugs. Why was this noticed/objected to by the Exclusive Club of Eight then, independently of color?
Then comes the (updated) story of the people who let the party crashers in. Pleeeze … don’t tell me that you really got into a detailed argument with them about discrimination on the doorstep, the consequences and such. You were either too drunk and did not care, too cowardly, or you secretely hoped that the newcomers will cause some kind of trouble at the party (after all you were leaving, you decided not to stay until the end for whatever reason, althought the party was nowhere near over). The Blogosphere does not know either, whether this party took place in a private house, or in an apartment building. If a private house, the person who let the party crashers in (whether white or not) bears quite some responsibility. If this all happened in an apartment complex, that’s a different issue altogether – someone else had to open the door for six _new_ people to march in!
And so one and so forth. I don’t want to blame the victim, but it may be time to grow up and accept responsibility for some of your own actions, either before or after the party!
“na”, WTF? Where are you coming from anyway, you say you don’t blame the victim, yet you call her a liar and say:
“but it may be time to grow up and accept responsibility for some of your own actions, either before or after the party!”
That sounds like blaming to me. Where is she at fault in having her belongings from her purse stolen?
And let me just refute some of your refutations: So, the theives/robbers and yes, they are interchangable, bought $36 of burgers with the card, but they probably also used the card/cards for other things too, just because it’s not mentioned, doesn’t mean it’s not part of the evidence. Assumptions do not a convincing argument make. You know what they do make though, I’m sure.
The rest of your argument there makes no sense, so I’ll leave it.
Next, it was never stated that the robber had been facing the door, just that someone walked in on them, but didn’t realize what had happened until later. Which makes sense if the guy had his back to the door and was hurriedly trying to hide the purse after being discovered. Also, I have no idea why you say they must have been on drugs, or drunk and why we at the party did not object? That just doesn’t follow. And, did you ever consider that the bathroom door didn’t have a lock? Many in people’s homes do not, ours doesn’t, so I hardly think your argument that if the thief didn’t lock the door it’s a hole in the story. So, tedious I know, but so are your arguments.
And finally, Where do you get “detailed argument” from the brief encounter at the door? What’s so hard to understand about that? The guys are at the door, some guests are leaving, they want to come in, they are told it is a private party. The guys say, what, your not letting us in because we’re black? and the guests, acquiesce because they were trumped by the race card, and don’t want to deal with it. It’s nothing sinister. It happens all the time to me when I’m walking down the street and some guy asks me out, and I say no thanks, and if they are black I almost always hear, “what, you don’t like black guys?” It’s a guilt trip, some people use them.
And if you really believe this comment:
“they sound as sophisticated as any pale exclusive blogger, whose major computer expertise often does not amount to more than filling a few pitiful Web pages with typos and grammatical errors.”
Then you really should go back and read your own comments here, and then get the fuck out of the blogosphere.
On to the big one,
The bathroom has a curtain over its entrance. No door. It is a loft apartment in a building with other lofts. There are no doors between any of the “rooms.”
The party was in a friend’s home. Like many such parties, everyone placed their purses, coats on the owner’s bed. There were only about 14 people left in the house when my purse was removed from the bedroom and torn to shreds in the bathroom. At that time of the night, there were only a handful of jackets and my purse on the bed.
The door was not opened by the owner, but by guests that were on their way out. All involved have expressed their significant guilt in letting these guys in. I do not blame any of them.
The total cost of the theft is > $1200 + credit card charges. I expect the CC charges to be reimbursed. The burger charge is only one of multiple charges that occurred before the credit cards were shut off. Purchases were made around town in a distance/timing that made it clear there was a vehicle involved; gas was also purchased.
I am fully aware that there are people reading this who just want to tear me to shreds. Anonymously. But there is nothing about the facts that doesn’t line up and cannot be corroborated.
who cares? i’m at work getting paid to read this drivel what’s your excuse?
By the way, I am interested in this issue because I did get _robbed_ at gunpoint near my house in a good neighbourhood on a Friday evening at around 8 p.m. a few years ago by four men with dark faces and even darker hearts. Someone, a stranger, was brave enough to come to my help – he ended up in the hospital with a wound in his leg. I was not even allowed to visit him in the hospital, or learn his identity for quite a while, as I was not a relative!
I’m vaguely expecting to see someone come up with a blogger’s quiz based on this thread of comments:
“Congratulations! You are WOW. Hide this HTML in your blog…”
Smartmobbjustis
Den ikke helt ukjente bloggeren Danah Boyd ble frastjlet vesken sin p en bloggerfest. Som rimelig kan vre vrimlet det…
Interesting thread.
Initially there’s a celebration of the power of social networks (yay, the blogosphere is more efficient than the police!). For a moment there people seemed to forget that this kind of vigilante activity raises severe moral issues.
If in the same situation, would we have done the same? I guess most of us would. Anger and despair tend to conflict with reason and it’s next to impossible to avoid setting one standard for oneself and another for everyone else.
Live in Austin?
Live in Austin? Help Danah catch these people (via Eirik)…
Hva vi gjr onsdag
Sosiale nettverk: Jill viser Friendster, Orkut, Stumbleupon, forklarer poenget. I grupper: 1. Les Danah Boyds post om tyvene som stjal vesken hennes. Les noen av kommentarene. 2. Les noen av kommentarene til Metafilterposten om dette. Om dere har god t…
Bloggery
I timen i dag snakket vi om hvordan blogger kan brukes i skalte social networks. Utgangspunktet var bloggen til Dana Boyd, ph.d. student v Berkeley i USA. Hun studerer p sitt vis hvordan mennesker hndtere forskjellige sosiale kontekster, blant annet…
http://huminf.uib.no/huin105/2004/karen/arkiv/001425.html
Mhm, har nettopp hatt en av de mest interessante timene hittil i r. For det frste var vi f nok i timen til at vi kunne ha en klasse diskusjon. Vi har vrt innom mange temaer som: sosialt nettverk, anarki…
apophenia
P dagens forelesning i HUIN105 kom vi innom et tilfelle av blogging, med litt etiske problemer. Det hele handlet om Danahs Boydopplevelser fra en fest hvor vesken hennes ble frastjlet. De etiske problemene ligger i at hun har postet bilder…
Danah Boyd
Under forelesningen i dag pratet vi om Danah Boyd som prver fange en tyv ved hjelp av bloggen sin. P en fest ble vesken hennes stjlet og det ble tatt bilder av det man mener er tyvene. Disse bildene…
Another for the Lost and Found:
danah’s trying to find the thieves who crashed her party, stole the contents of her purse, and racked up fraudulent credit card charges. Some commenters condemn her posted photos of the alleged thieves — but I’m sure I would have…
I keep seeing hints (such as this blog post) showing we are really moving towards some sort of transparent society.
To Blog a Thief
Have we bridged the digital divide enough to use the Internet as a viable way to accomplish societal tasks? The Internet is a gathering spot and hangout for some, but is it a way of life for enough people to…
talk, “too.”
born,not bron… pardon my misspelling
Apophenia
P dagens forelesning i HUIN105 kom vi innom et tilfelle av blogging, med litt etiske problemer. Det hele handlet om Danahs Boydopplevelser fra en fest hvor vesken hennes ble frastjlet. De etiske problemene ligger i at hun har postet bilder…