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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why I am not going on the academic job market

San Diego mayor backs same-sex marriage

a different approach to medicine

travel schedule from hell, bright white light at the end

social scripts for rituals and ceremonies, of religion and culture

doing “nothing” online

blotchy burns on my legs from my Macbook

SNS visibility norms (a response to Scoble)

controlling your public appearance

confused by Facebook