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[Petit Fours #401] On pleasing the algorithm, collaborating with bots, and a final CSCW workshop call
Hi, everyone! Without further ado, here’s what I’ve on my mind this week: #1 The final deadline for expressions of interest to our CSCW workshop The Work of...
[Petit Fours #400] On analog privilege, data work, and Pippi Longstocking
Hi, everyone! Here’s what I’d like to share with you in this 400th(!!) edition of Petit Fours: #1 Maroussia Lévesque’s piece The Future is Analog (If You Can...
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[Petit Fours #399] On algorithmic management in minor key, job automation, and the Nordic Gender Fund
Hi, folks! As the season is changing and the semester is starting, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 In reading about algorithmic management, I’m always on...
[Petit Fours #398] On synthetic data, food delivery, and worker data collectives
Hi, everyone! Without further ado, here’s what I’ve got for you this week: #1 Synthetic data is mind-boggling stuff: ‘Intersectional hallucinations’: why AI...
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[Petit Fours #397] On labor-intensive workplaces, sustainability, and museums
Hi, everyone! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 Folks interested in worker-centered research and design, check out Amazon Z to A: Speculative Design to...
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[Petit Fours #396] On the work of AI, time banking, and the forgotten protocol
Hi, all! Here’s what I’d like to share with you today, as I begin my return to work after the summer break: #1 We are organising a one-day workshop at CSCW...
[Petit Fours #395] On fleeting alliances, mechanical sympathy, and feminist tech
Hi, everyone! Before this newsletter goes on summer break until mid-August, there are a few more things I want to share: #1 Our new journal article Fleeting...
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[Petit Fours #394] On slop, care platforms, and designing movement
Hi, everyone, and happy midsummer week! Here’s what I’d like to share with you: #1 Likely a little late to the game, I’ve learned a new word – slop – that I...
[Petit Fours #393] On rethinking psychology, data visualization, and human–robot interaction
Hi, all! Without further ado, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 For those of you social psychologically inclined, this free webinar on June 18 should be...
[Petit Fours #392] On parenthood, disability, and sustainable travel stories
Hi, everyone! Over the past week, most of my reading has been in the from of reviewing NordiCHI manuscripts. While I am not allowed to say anything about...
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[Petit Fours #391] On AI, qualitative research, and public trust
Hi, all! Inspired by last week’s discussions with Mary L. Gray, Alex Taylor, and my local colleagues, here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 The Intersection...
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[Petit Fours #390] On technology-mediated marketplaces, algorithmic management of work and health, and participation
Hi, everyone! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 There are lots of papers worth reading in the CHI Proceedings, but one I particularly want to highlight...
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[Petit Fours #389] On CHI 2024 proceedings, the monstrous costs of AI, and Exit to Community Stories
Hi, all! This week, there’s no lack of fresh-off-the-press things to read: #1 CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing...
[Petit Fours #388] On frugal collaboration, models on top of models, and failed platform co-ops
Hi, everyone! Here’s what I’ve got for you today: #1 I’m happy and proud to share that Fleeting Alliances and Frugal Collaboration in Piecework: A Video-...
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[Petit Fours #387] On ethical responsibility, curiosity, and surviving the AI summer
Hi, all! As the cherry tree outside our window is about to bloom, here’s what I’ve got for you: #1 Now on my ‘want-to-read’ list: Keywords of the Datafied...
[Petit Fours #386] On problematisation, planned obsolescence, and nyttosvenska
Hi, everyone! As I’m digesting last week’s avalanche of paper reviews from DIS and CSCW (the good, the bad, and the ugly…), here’s what I’ve got for you: #1...
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[Petit Fours #385] On Halfway to the Future, BusinessTown, and Talking about Machines
Hi, all! While the weather calls for a hot cup of chai, here's what I'd like to share with you: #1 Recently, I've been reading Julian E. Orr's book Talking...
[Petit Fours #384] On worker data science, aligning interests, and taking a break
Hi, everyone! Without further ado, here's what I've got for you today: #1 Digital worker inquiry and the critical potential of participatory worker data...
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[Petit Fours #383] On user reviews of the first digital contraceptive, believable space, and crushing the interface
Hi, all! After a few glorious days offline, here's what I've got for you: #1 Natural Cycles has written a short summary about my colleagues' excellent...
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[Petit Fours 382] On software automation, human labor, and figuring out why one is writing
Hi, all! It's the final week of Q1/2024 (that went fast!) and here's what I want to share with you: #1 Amidst the ongoing hype, here's a timely question:...