i’ve been missing my gaming fix lately. this time last year, i was rock band-ing daily a la berkman center, and even exercising my gamer theory with monthly mit-harvard game design meetings hosted by the ever brilliant gene koo. anyway, between a brother who is no longer all that interested in video games (or staying [...]
Game/Theory Decisions: Why I am getting a Nintendo DSi
July 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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towards a new aesthetics of information, the bestiario interface for berkman@10
September 22nd, 2008 · 7 Comments
echoes of my time at the berkman center for internet society continue to reverberate in my life, despite my distance from the sunny side streets of cambridge, and my re-enmeshment into life as a student at brown university. tomorrow (well actually it looks like it’s technically today) is one web day, the earth day for [...]
Tags: Internet · boston · data culture · semiotics · technology · visualization
in the spirit of the the olympics, how i learned to row from an olympic all-star
August 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
it has been an enchanting summer working at the berkman center for internet & society. everyday, i get to hang out with some of the most brilliant people on the planet. we talk, we write (emails), we blog, we laugh, we play rock band. and when things need to get done, we stay late hyped [...]
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a familiar face tells a familiar story
July 28th, 2008 · No Comments
i’ve told this story before. often in fact. but this is certainly the most succinct telling i ever managed. after starting at the berkman center for internet society where i’ve been working this summer, i was approached to tell this tale for the record as a part of the digital natives project. i was more [...]
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