[Petit Fours #462] On configuration work, AI in elections, and the Inner Game
Frosty greetings from Stockholm! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Configuration Work: Four Consequences of LLMs-in-use, by Gabriel Alcaras and Donato...
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[Petit Fours #461] On wonder, government, and a sociotechnical problem
Hi, all! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 The Ethics of an Aesthetics of Wonder for Planetary Care, our new journal article led by Karey Helms, is now...
[Petit Fours #460] On labor economics, art history, and Nordic pre-CHI
Hi, all! We’ve made it to the final week of January and I’ve been happy to notice how Stockholm mornings are once again getting visibly brighter. Here’s what...
[Petit Fours #459] On AI misfits, Wizards of Oz, and turn management
Hi, all! Without further ado, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Azar Raoufi has a new article out, entitled Transmodality in multilingual workplaces:...
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[Petit Fours #458] On social support networks, trans technologies, and strangers on a bench
Hi from snowy Stockholm! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Liam Bannon in Memoriam is a short piece by Kjeld Schmidt. It is worth reading to remember...
[Petit Fours #457] On platformed relations, AI intimacy, and concept art
Happy new year! Over the past weeks I’ve been reading more than writing. Enough so, that the keyboard feels unfamiliar under my fingers. That makes me happy....
[Petit Fours #456] On privacy people, robots teams, and automatic noodle
Hi, everyone! Here comes the last Petit Fours of 2025: #1 Privacy People, by Stephen Bolinger, is one hour and sixteen minutes worth watching if you find...
[Petit Fours #455] On integrity, seasonal crafts, and blue-collar work
Hi, everyone, and greetings from Umeå! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 Nordforsk has funded 17 new research projects to make the most of the...
[Petit Fours #454] On quantum, tech abuse, and doing things together
Hello from the first day of December! Boosted by the little glimmer of sunshine on the sky, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 I am energized after this...
[Petit Fours #453] On credibility, motherhood, and going slow
Hi from the final week of November! From the midst of workshops and paper revisions, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 On Saturday this week, Juho Pääkkönen...
[Petit Fours #452] On research slop, incentives, and invisible colleges
Hi, all! From the beginning of the frosty season, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 Judd Antin recently put out an excellent blogpost on ResearchSlop. It’s...
[Petit Fours #451] On deskilling, policy work, and good parties
Hi, all! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 I really enjoyed The Age of De-Skilling, an essay in The Atlantic by Kwame Anthony Appiah. “The most...
[Petit Fours #450] On non-fiction, over-hype, and the State of Talk
Hello from the first Monday of November! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Reminder: We have a call open for a Postdoctoral Scholarship on Autonomous...
[Petit Fours #449] On positionality, storytelling, and the accessibility paradox
Hi, everyone! I’m back in Stockholm, about to dive into the final week of teaching this semester. Here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 From the session I chaired...
[Petit Fours #448] On collaboration, normal technology, and the work to make robots work
Good morning from Bergen, Norway! I’m here this week for CSCW 2025. Before switching into full-on conference mode, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 The...
[Petit Fours #447] On digital contraception, gender equality, and unintended consequences
Hi, everyone! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 CSCW 2025 in Bergen, Norway, is just a week away. Whether you are going or not, the conference...
[Petit Fours #446] On conversation, social exchange, and foraging
Hi, all! Launching into Q4/2025, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 Our chapter on Social Exchange in the new Handbook of Social Psychology is now online. It...
[Petit Fours #445] On robots, cautionary tales, and de-biasing practices
Hi, all! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 We recently got news that our national research group on Autonomous Systems and Robotics in Society got...
[Petit Fours #444] On participation, pushback, and boredom
Happy autumn equinox! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Political discussions on social media do not come across as the most hopeful thing to consider...
[Petit Fours #443] On public robots, judicial workflows, and thinking differently
Greetings from the other, better, side of my five-week back-to-work crunch! Starting today, I look forward to taking it a bit more easy and reading more...