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

psychology of guilt – homelessness in San Francisco

Perpetuating Intolerance: Microsoft and LGBTQ issues

The Significance of “Social Software”

updated the Ani site

seeking early Friendster screenshots

identity crisis: the curse/joy of being interdisciplinary and the future of academia

“Move Over Friendster…”

crashing Tiger, hidden dragons

activism and violence

Vizster