I often write out my talks when I am presenting new material – my “live performances” can differ substantially from what I meant to say,… Read More »Legacy Cities: an extended remix of my talk at PopTech 2022
Amy Price and I were married the weekend of October 7, 2022. We were legally married at the Pittsfield MA city hall so that our… Read More »Our wedding, October 7-9, 2022
Five years ago today, I quit drinking. It wasn’t the first time. I took a year off from alcohol about ten years ago, mostly as… Read More »Five years sober.
I spoke this afternoon at the Trust and Safety Research conference at Stanford University. This is a new talk for me, and as is my… Read More »Governance, not Moderation: remarks at the Trust and Safety Research Conference
I’ve spent much of the summer developing a new course for undergraduate students at UMass, titled “The Digital Public Sphere”. One of my three department… Read More »The Monarchy, the Subaltern and the Public Sphere
I’m just back from my summer roadtrip with my sweetie, visiting some of the great legacy cities of the Great Lakes region. Our destinations –… Read More »Legacy cities and the changing nature of the good life