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http://twitter.com/zephoria

Danah Boyd is an American academic, researcher, and blogger best known for media speaking appearances covering social networking sites such as Friendster and MySpace.

• zephoria: Want to work with @eszter ? She's hiring a postdoc: http://webuse.org/postdoc10/

  11:11:37 pm on March 10, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Just finished being a talking head on BBC trying to counter fear-mongering. Exhausting.

  12:30:58 am on March 10, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Brilliant critique of @OKCupid's analysis of race in its online dating data by Ta-Nehisi Coates: http://bit.ly/9ns1vY (tx dlg)

  04:55:47 pm on March 9, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Congrats news media. In framing ChatRoulette as scary & risky, you've motivated many teens who shouldn't participate to do so. Good job.

  04:32:13 pm on March 9, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: @DrSbaitso Oh, I like to be social. It's just that I have no time these days. :(

  05:04:45 pm on March 8, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: I'm dreaming about SXSW cuz it'll mean I get to be social. (Currently working far too hard.) What's going to be super fun in Austin?

  03:41:05 pm on March 8, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @socialedge quant analysis of girl–specific data literally puts girls on global map http://bit.ly/cNdXPf

  02:28:07 pm on March 8, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: To my discomfort, this article paints me as a celeb, but I love the pic of my colleagues wearing fuzzy hats: http://bit.ly/dchBb7

  07:08:08 am on March 7, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Natal is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time. It's motivating me to get an Xbox in anticipation (and I'm not a gamer).

  07:27:52 pm on March 6, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: More by me on @sparkcbc, this time about privacy: http://bit.ly/ca3T6P

  12:40:26 am on March 6, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @eszter: my new paper on Digital Na(t)ives http://bit.ly/9ZQC3B challenges assumptions about "Net generation" tx 2 @sivavaid & others ...

  12:35:35 am on March 5, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @WebEcology: Our report on the culture and community of ChatRoulette (authored by @alexleavitt and @timhwang) is now available here: ...

  11:04:04 pm on March 1, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Utah bill criminalizes miscarriage, makes woman liable for anything she did that might be linked to miscarriage:: http://bit.ly/dj1Pz0

  05:35:24 am on February 28, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: And now my hair's red. (We will not discuss all of the things that I'm procrastinating by having an identity crisis with my hair.)

  08:50:28 pm on February 27, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Bless @Dharmishta for giving me a late night haircut. Goodbye long hair! Hello fun curls!

  09:41:49 am on February 27, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Friday night ChatRoulette party with group of silly folks meeting interwebs strangers. He-larious!

  05:39:03 am on February 27, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Online friendship, personal branding, and geoweb privacy on @SparkCBC (including thoughts by moi): http://bit.ly/9FcRaP

  11:46:44 pm on February 26, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: I bet social norms r more effective @ curbing 'flashing' than law. I'm curious about online situations where such norms aren't effective.

  11:18:28 pm on February 26, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: UX Magazine (@uxmag) has published my "Streams of Content, Limited Attention" today: http://bit.ly/ayD7CA Hope you enjoy!

  09:12:49 pm on February 25, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: @kevindonovan Currently, 60M active users. Usage patterns have changed over time but I wouldn't say it's dead at all.

  05:57:04 am on February 25, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: @eegilbert @yardi Ironically, my #millennials score is 98. How did that happen? Hrmfpt. My crotchety-ness is my GenX-ness.

  03:44:56 am on February 25, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Dear X, Just cuz I'm not publicly bitching about being overwhelmed/exhausted doesn't mean I'm not. Can't always be beck & call girl. ktxbye

  03:42:10 am on February 25, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Empowering Parents & Protecting Children in an Evolving Media Landscape (@Berkman response to FCC NOI): http://bit.ly/cYSTGX

  11:48:27 pm on February 24, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @lrainie Big survey/report from @pewresearch about #millennials http://bit.ly/cjJLW2. Everything from their tech habits to core values.

  01:29:54 pm on February 24, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Fantastic comment by @dylanjfield (a college frosh) about why ChatRoulette delights him: http://bit.ly/c3ZYEF

  05:56:54 am on February 24, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: .@gilgul did my hair all silly and then I had to take it down because of neck pain. Boo. But it was waaaaay cool: http://bit.ly/9Y4Jvh

  05:41:21 am on February 24, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @Pew_Internet: Tomorrow: Be sure to catch the live webcast of the @PewResearch conference about #millennials, starting at 9am: http:/ ...

  05:15:44 am on February 24, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Can we extend the 4th amendment to non-gov't entities who hold power over individuals? Think: unexpected invasions of privacy. (w @puk)

  04:14:49 am on February 24, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @sparkcbc: Just posted Nora's full interview with @zephoria and Bill Deresiewicz http://cot.ag/bR54eR ^dm

  10:38:54 pm on February 23, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: @ioerror As in folks (like me) who grew up in one socio-economic position and are now in a much more privileged place.

  05:23:31 am on February 23, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Clarification: argument is ex-working-class-kids don't just consume books; they display them as markers of status/proof of smartness/escape.

  05:09:36 am on February 23, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Had a fascinating discussion w/ friend re: how working class kids locate themselves as educated through over-consumption of books. Guilty.

  11:35:27 pm on February 22, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Listening to a discussion of art consumption amongst the black upper-middle class, I'm reminded of how alien upper class culture is to me.

  11:30:15 pm on February 22, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Two posts on ChatRoulette: 1 by @yardi (http://bit.ly/dicvJd ) & 1 by me (http://bit.ly/aEpIxs ). Mine = Le Sigh Royale.

  03:52:29 am on February 22, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Always frustrating to be in places where parents glare at you for entertaining their kids with peek-a-boo. Stranger danger drives me crazy.

  06:25:25 pm on February 21, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: OMG best sushi combo ever: freshwater eel, tempura banana, avocado, cucumber, sweet eel sauce (@ Zenbu in La Jolla)

  06:03:02 am on February 21, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: @barrywellman No argument here. Not saying any of core practices are new.

  03:21:08 am on February 21, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Sonia Livingstone argues we need to add "playing w/ fire" to "hanging out, messing around, & geeking out" as core youth practices #dml2010

  02:59:24 am on February 21, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: What journal should I publish in to reach the widest audience of scholars, policy makers, and public? (Answer here is not "screw journals")

  02:44:11 am on February 21, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: Just arrived in San Diego. Looking forward to #dml2010 - so many amazing folks engaged w/ youth media practices.

  08:11:21 am on February 19, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: For all of the good schools out there, there are some who are downright scary. Schools spying on families thru laptops: http://bit.ly/ate7L0

  05:01:54 am on February 19, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: For those of us who don't own a TV, where can we see the parts of the Olympics that we want to see? (Afterwards, non-streaming)

  05:18:33 am on February 18, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: I still do everything possible to avoid flying @UnitedAirlines (see http://bit.ly/aIsVjR ) so this video http://bit.ly/cCPuC0 made me smile

  05:46:14 am on February 17, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: RT @Amanda_Lenhart OH: 9yo: "What IS that?" Adult: "A floppy disk." Confused silence. "Early version of usb thumb drive." 9yo: "Oh. Weird."

  09:47:10 pm on February 16, 2010 |
   

• zephoria: New Berkman report on "Next Generation Connectivity" (and broadband rround the globe): http://bit.ly/cHLsha

  09:43:34 pm on February 16, 2010 |
   

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