Welcome To Pelican


This post is a part of the GroupLens Iron Blogging effort, so take that for what you will.

You know, I’ve really started to come around on python.

What this actually means, in this case, is that I’ve completely moved away from nanoc, and now my site is …

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Iron Blogging - CSCW Stop Gap

This post is a part of the GroupLens Iron Blogging effort, so take that for what you will.

I’m cheating a little bit, and committing to two things, but not writing either of them now.

  1. I will write-up a summary of my favorite papers at the recent CSCSW 2016 …
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Iron Blogging - Simplifying Workflows

This post is a part of the GroupLens Iron Blogging effort, so take that for what you will.

I do a fair amount of spatial data analysis, particularly in the space of trying to understand geographic disparity, and its effects on systems.

This workflow used to go something like:

  1. Setup …
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Iron Blogging - Non-Writing Recidivism

This post is a part of the GroupLens Iron Blogging effort, so take that for what you will.

Well, I’ve continued to not write. That’s a failing. I’ve been trying to do other things, because there is never enough time in the day.

That’s not justification …

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Iron Blogging - Consistent Clarity of Thought

This post is a part of the GroupLens Iron Blogging effort, so take that for what you will.

One of the things that seems to be necessary (if not sufficient) for success in academia is how consistent and efficient people can be with their clarity of thought, rather than the …

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Iron Blogging - Introduction

This post is a part of the GroupLens Iron Blogging effort, so take that for what you will.

It’s been a while since I’ve written here.

Hopefully, at least for a period of time, posting will be a lot more frequent.

A few of us in GroupLens have …

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builders. systems. society.

I’m starting to write this ~2 hours and 45 minutes after the decision not to indict Darren Wilson (the police office who killed 18-year-old Mike Brown, a black man) was handed down by the Grand Jury in this case. As such, my thoughts on this are very defined by …

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Welcome

This is the first, welcome post on the blog here. I hope to write fairly regularly. I'll likely post thoughts on current events related to CS/HCI broadly, or topics that interest me related to social change movements and efforts, and the (potential) role that technology plays. Additionally, I'll summary …

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