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.

Relevant links:

Archive

blogging is trapped in a metaphor

mutants and superboys

the technological (white) lie

on studying blogs

spirtual perspective on community

Friendster is desperate; viral marketing failed

Autistic Social Software

Ani DiFranco: Official Bootleg Series

“You can beat me, you can abuse me, but don’t touch my hair or I’ll kill you.”

Asimov, reductionist approach to human interaction and YASNS