Edward L Platt @elplatt@greatjustice.net

I want a smoothie. I want a smoothie with lots of protein. But I want it to be hot. I want a hot smoothie with lots of protein. Soup. Soup is what I want.

Worth reading. "Why We Need Industry-Independent Research on Tech & Society". https://citizensandtech.org/2020/01/industry-independent-research/

I've found a lot of experimental studies on deliberation/consensus in small groups, but very few theoretical frameworks. I feel like I'm probably missing something from Comms lit...

Today in single points of failure news:

"Unable to Retrieve Money, Cryptocurrency Investors Want Dead Executive Exhumed"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/business/gerald-cotten-death-cryptocurrency.html

The eBook of "Network Science with Python and NetworkX" is currently available for $5! https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/network-science-python-and-networkx-quick-start-guide

Nobody:
Me: bitcoins are not fungible

Hey #Fediverse, how you doin'? #NotCrossposted

Over on birdsite, Nathan Matias asks "has anyone written yet about how to keep people safe & manage the risks of social tech if the big firms are broken up?"

Thought some folks here might have constructive input.

https://twitter.com/natematias/status/1204805779167031296

Any rails peeps willing to help me take a look at a very weird caching issue?

Lately, I've been seeing the word "pod" used to describe a small group of people who are also part of a larger network. I like it.

It's like the opposite of letterboxing.

Is there a name for the practice of filling the space around a vertical video with a blurry version of the original? Do we get to name a new thing?!

OK. Goose game. Why am I only sometimes able to pick things up?

New server, who dis?

Wow. In an effort to prevent workers from participating in collective action, Google "installed a tool on employees’ web browsers that would flag internal calendar events requiring more than 10 meeting rooms or 100 participants." https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/20/technology/Google-union-consultant.html

#CSCW folks: Planning a study involving strangers discussing political/policy issues pseudonymously online. Best practices for moderation in online experiments?

Here's a chrome extension I wrote to insert your mastodon timeline into your facebook timeline (desktop only). https://github.com/elplatt/FeedParty

Why do this? I can't leave fb because of the social connections I have, but I want to be more active on mastodon. This makes it easier to check mastodon when I'm talking to my fb peeps.

#NoBirdsite

How computer-supported cooperation researchers make decisions. #CSCW

Began our #CSCW workshop by rearranging the lecture-style seating into roundtable style. Always a good sign.

Welcome to the fediverse, @Balto_Sojnekah ! #NoBirdsite