It’s always lovely to receive an award that you had no idea was on its way. I am deeply honored to note that this month I received the (ASU) President’s Medal for Social Embeddedness. (In my university mailbox! Out of nowhere!) The award cited my significant contributions to Project Cities, which won the medal as […]
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Amazon Palm Scanning is Not OK
In addition to teaching and researching, I maintain a music blog called Independent Clauses that I founded in 2003. Lisa Whealy and I cover instrumental music of all types, jam bands, folk pop, and singer/songwriter work. Recently, my work on social media and digital ethics intersected with my work at Independent Clauses. I signed Independent […]
Let’s Break Up Facebook into 16 Parts
As you can read anywhere on the Internet, Facebook is in trouble. Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg has been on the talk show circuit, saying things. I am today specifically interested in one statement Clegg made to NBC: We’re not saying this is a substitution of our own responsibilities, but there are a […]