Aaron Swartz, Internet hacker, activist and pioneer, dies at 26
On Friday, January 11, Aaron Swartz, the 26-year-old coder known for helping develop RSS, launching the company that would one day become Reddit, leading the fight against SOPA/PIPA and for open access...
View ArticleInternet Freedom Day and Martin Luther King Day Issues Overlap
Last Friday, citizens and activists celebrated what has become known as “Internet Freedom Day,” a day commemorating the anniversary of the defeat of internet security bills SOPA and PIPA. Today,...
View ArticlePROGRAM Series Event: Media Archaelogy w/ Matthew Kirschenbaum and Wendy...
Join us next Friday, March 1 at 4pm for the next session of NYU’s interdisciplinary lecture series PROGRAM. From the PROGRAM series website: Too often we view “new” media technologies as though they...
View ArticleInter-Collegiate Post-Hermeneutical Reading Group Resumes This Spring
Last year, students across disciplines and universities met over the course of two months to discuss “the fate of interpretation in the humanist and technical communities.” This year, that...
View ArticleValues in Technological Design with Geoffrey Bowker and Sara Hendren
Values in Technological Design with Geoffrey Bowker and Sara Hendren Friday, April 12, 2013 – Doors at 6pm | Event at 6:30pm The Great Room 19 University Place New York, NY 10003 Join us this Friday...
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