The post discusses the Sonification Toolkit, “a web application that will transform almost anything digital — from numerical data to drawings — into sound.” The Sonification Toolkit emerges at the …
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My experience at the DRI – GC Digital Fellows
In this post PhD student Oswaldo Mena writes about his experiences at the GC Digital Research Institute, held in January 2022. Mena discusses his experiences learning the R programming language …
Four Pillars of UX Design – GC Digital Fellows
In this blog post GC Digital Fellow Param Ajmera shares a brief overview of UX (User Experience) Design. Param discusses core UX concepts such as user-centered design, simplicity and minimalism, …
How Tech Despair Can Set You Free — The New Atlantis
In this article, Samuel Matlack reflects on socio-cultural commentary from Jacques Ellul on contemporary technological society. Despite the title and subtitle, Matlack doesn’t actually address how one is set free …
My experience at the DRI
I panicked early on the morning of the Digital Research Institute (DRI), a mere half hour before the very first session. I had installed all R packages the previous afternoon …
‘Really alarming’: the rise of smart cameras used to catch maskless students in US schools | Surveillance | The Guardian
In this article from “The Guardian,” Mark Keierleber discusses the disturbing presence of surveillance in schools. This surveillance was introduced to monitor students either going maskless or wearing masks improperly …
Four Pillars of UX Design
Remember when YouTube looked like this …. Today it looks much, much different… Most people would even say that over time it has come to look better, with a cleaner …
Best Practices for Dissertations in the 21st Century
This post by PhD candidate Jonathan Reeve problematizes the concept of the “digital dissertation” to propose a set of best practices for 21st century dissertations. It highlights a number of …
Digital Projects and Student Engagement in the Era of COVID-19 | HASTAC
This blog post recognizes the difficulties of teaching and learning remotely in the COVID-19 pandemic. The article notes the additional emotional and medical stress imposed by the pandemic on students …
Raising Algorithmic Impact Assessment | by Jacob Metcalf | Mar, 2022 | Data & Society: Points
This blog post calls for the urgent development of methods for assessing algorithmic systems that center the public interest. The post notes that the algorithmic systems which dominate much for …
