2018-08-01 20:24
After considering for a long time whether or not to "cut the cord", I finally took the plunge. There are some very detailed online guides that thoroughly explain all of the options and… Read More
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2018-06-28 16:47
I just wanted to quickly share my Prezi slideshow from my presentation on "The Ethics of Algorithmic Governance" at the International Conference of the Digital Government Society (#DGO) earl… Read More
2018-03-22 19:29
In response to how "algorithmic bias" has been suddenly thrust upon the national agenda with the publication of books like Noble's Algorithms of Oppression and O'Neil's Weapons of Math Destr… Read More
2018-02-27 18:26
The Supreme Court is hearing a case this week, U.S. v. Microsoft, which will have broad implications in defining the scope of governmental powers in the age of cloud computing.As described i… Read More
2017-12-18 19:03
You know you're in-between semesters when you just want to catch up on writing how-to tutorials. Here's one for my new favorite toy: The Raspberry Pi "SenseHat".The SenseHat is a… Read More
2017-12-18 14:41
Here is yet another tutorial because I get asked how to do this constantly for people. Kodi is the media center software. Covenant is the software specifically for streaming vide… Read More
2017-11-15 16:10
This summer a bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that had a very noble goal - to reduce bias and discrimination in the criminal justice system by reforming how bail is determined.Sponsor… Read More
2017-09-27 15:05
Here's another post I'm writing because I keep getting asked about it. It's a quick plug for a site I have found to be pretty valuable. vpnMentor maintains a regularly updated feed on ev… Read More
2017-09-21 15:07
Because I keep being asked to help folks turn a Raspberry Pi into a RetroPi gaming console, and haven't found any online tutorials I'm in love with, here is my own quick, no-nonsense, how-to… Read More
2017-08-09 15:48
Last Friday, a Google software engineer named James Damore sent out a memo to other employees within the company where he argued that the gender gap exists in the tech industry, not because… Read More
2017-07-28 17:15
On August 1st, the world's favorite cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is likely to split into two. This is a seminal moment that we get to see play out right before our eyes, and no one is quit… Read More
2017-07-21 17:00
Here at the WiTNY Summer Guild, I just had a chance to sit in on an e-textile workshop. E-textiles are fabrics that have embedded electronic circuitry, and are being manufactured more… Read More
2017-04-06 17:54
Yes, it's a mouthful, but there is an emerging trend known as Bot-based Collective Blocklists that might already be influencing your social media feeds.Here's the idea. In networked pu… Read More
2017-03-22 18:53
Jennifer Forestal wrote an interesting article in the most recent issue of the American Political Science Review titled, "The Architecture of Political Spaces: Trolls, Digital Media, and Dew… Read More
2017-03-17 02:10
Many "first" Raspberry Pi projects are actually overly ambitious and complicated for beginners. Well, here's one that is quick, easy, and free. Assuming you've already set up you… Read More
2017-03-02 12:59
The following is my book review of Binary Bullets: The Ethics of Cyberwarfare. This review is scheduled to be published in the forthcoming issue of Perspectives on Politics.In a volume of ri… Read More
2017-02-10 15:41
Regardless of which political echo chamber you prefer, your social media news feed is likely overtaken with stories and opinions related to President Trump's first few weeks in office. But b… Read More
2017-02-01 01:42
I recently bought the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. When it showed up at my doorstep I had no idea how to get started. Most online tutorials jumped straight into beginner projects, but you need to… Read More
2017-01-31 14:32
This morning I heard about The Privacy Paradox on NPR radio. It's an "interactive podcast", which as best as I can tell means that after each new podcast episode is released, the listener is… Read More
2017-01-27 23:52
When you're ready to step your game up to the next level in Minecraft, it may be time to experiment with "mods". Mods are not part of the official Minecraft game, but are instead creat… Read More
2017-01-23 16:53
When you want to play Minecraft but are ready to branch out beyond the game-generated landscapes, it's time to explore other maps. One of the reasons Minecraft has endless possibilities is b… Read More
2016-12-31 20:48
Make yourself more interesting at your New Year's Eve party with these... Network Neutrality’s Neoliberal Roots and a Conundrum for Media Reform in The International Journal of Communi… Read More
2016-11-08 16:06
Academics and researchers will be looking this Election Day for any data that might indicate to what extent social media can help predict electoral outcomes. Towards this end, I've created m… Read More
2016-11-08 14:00
To save some data for posterity, here is what the political betting markets have had to say about today's presidential election. As of this morning (Election Day)...(if you're wondering why… Read More
2016-09-21 19:16
Senator Ted Cruz is once again threatening a shutdown of the United States government - this time for the reason that the U.S. shouldn't "give foreign governments greater control over the In… Read More
2016-09-20 16:13
Algorithms are coming to dominate many aspects of our lives and most people are completely unaware of it. They are being used to determine which job applicants actually get called for an int… Read More
2016-07-31 13:59
Think what you will about the party conventions that just wrapped up, but one thing worth pointing out is that, despite the so-called boost in polling that candidates receive coming out of t… Read More
2016-07-29 03:04
In the last post we reviewed how to set up Python for Minecraft. Once you have it up and running, jump right in and try these two simple scripts that not only demonstrate what Python-f… Read More
2016-07-14 03:04
Most of the online tutorials on this topic seem weak, so here is my step-by-step beginner's tutorial on how to set up your Windows PC so that you can start writing Python programs for Minecr… Read More
2016-07-07 17:40
If you're curious about how Data Science is being used to analyze political data, look no further than Tableau - an easy-to-use tool for converting analytics into fabulous visualizations.Rec… Read More
2016-06-28 14:00
The day after the historic "Brexit" vote, where British citizens voted in a public referendum to leave the European Union, a headline from the Washington Post circulated wildly on social med… Read More
2016-05-06 00:55
Now that Donald Trump is officially the presumptive Republican nominee and Hillary Clinton is basically, if not yet officially, the same on the Democratic side, it might be instructive to sa… Read More
2016-03-21 15:17
We all hope that on some rare occasion we will be fortunate enough to work on something more meaningful, more impactful, than the day-to-day routine aspects of our jobs. This past Janu… Read More
2016-03-17 15:32
The hacker group Anonymous has declared "total war" on Donald Trump, urging hackers to expose personal information about him and his staff and to disable various websites associated with him… Read More
2016-03-04 02:12
During this campaign season, many political scientists are conducting research experiments that use online datasets as their primary units of analysis. For instance, in this blog's pre… Read More
2016-02-26 21:20
Just an hour or so ago, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie publicly endorsed Donald Trump for president. This is turning a lot of heads in pundit circles, however I wanted to just do a… Read More
2016-02-23 19:01
Yes, Apple and the federal government are at war with each other. In case you missed it, this week a federal court ordered Apple to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists… Read More
2016-02-09 04:39
I recently came across an article by Noah C. N. Hampson titled, "Hacktivism: A New Breed of Protest in a Networked World", in the Boston College International and Comparative Law Review.&nbs&hell…Read More
2016-01-24 16:34
Bitcoin is facing an existential crisis. Two weeks ago, in one of the most stunning op-eds by an insider you might ever come across, Mike Hearn announced his resignation from the Bitco… Read More
2016-01-16 22:24
Last week I had the opportunity to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) spotlight on Reddit in the /r/Politics subsection. Here is a link to the entire transcript. Now that a few days hav… Read More
2016-01-06 19:48
My book, "Who Governs the Internet? A Political Architecture" is finally being published next week. It will be available on Amazon's and Barnes & Noble's websites (links are below), b… Read More
2015-11-25 18:51
The race has been on for the past several years for scholars to figure out exactly how to best use social media metrics to help predict electoral outcomes. Matthew MacWilliams is the m… Read More
2015-10-28 16:59
A few weeks ago the European Court of Justice ruled that the Safe Harbor Agreement between the United States and the European Union was invalid. The ramifications of this are still being fel… Read More
2015-08-27 17:28
What influences voters is a central question in Political Science. It is widely accepted that, to some extent, people's votes are influenced by the media, family, friends, income, educ… Read More
2015-08-11 16:56
Years ago, I published a paper titled, "The Configuration and Deployment of Residential Web Servers". In retrospect, it wasn't the sexiest title, but the idea remains as relevant today… Read More
2015-07-21 14:47
It's impossible to miss all of the news coverage this week related to Uber. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is supporting legislation that will cap new-hire licenses for Uber driver… Read More
2015-07-09 14:57
Last Friday approximately 300 discussion forums on Reddit were shut down by their moderators in a show of protest against the firing of Reddit employee, Victoria Taylor, the company's direct… Read More
2015-07-07 17:17
As someone long immersed in the study of Internet governance, I often find it striking how similar the discussions and activities are surrounding another supposedly "ungovernable" phenomenon… Read More
2015-05-18 12:18
New technologies are often a catalyst for improving accessibility tools for individuals with disabilities. However, the reverse is sometimes true as well. In what ways and under… Read More
2015-04-07 01:05
3D printing has transformative potential. It will shift manufacturing away from assembly lines, shift economic control away from those with immense amounts of capital who own those ass… Read More
2015-04-02 16:40
The hacker group known as Anonymous is planning an "electronic holocaust" against Israel on April 7th. Their stated goal is to "take down [Israeli] servers, government websites, Israeli mil… Read More
2015-03-10 14:16
A few days after the previous post criticizing Blogger was written, lo and behold they have decided to alter course and revert back to the old policy....This week, we announced a change to B… Read More
2015-02-26 15:53
Blogger - Google's blogging web service - just posted a message to all its users that on March 23rd it will "no longer allow certain sexually explicit content". When you read the detai… Read More
2015-02-23 14:54
Proof that the Internet is, in fact, governed can most easily be found in the adoption of its technical standards and protocols. Think about it: despite the Internet's decentrali… Read More
2015-02-18 16:49
Earlier this week, Google announced the release of a research study - conducted by Leviathan Systems, but commissioned by Google - which sought to compare the security of cloud-based versus… Read More
2015-02-10 17:51
Most national or state constitutions aren't written from scratch, but rather are derivative works based off of other national and state constitutions. For example, the constitution of Japan… Read More
2015-01-21 18:12
The presentation I recently gave at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference...Or... http://prezi.com/_4kxi0lq4n15/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy Read More
2015-01-03 18:37
Non-Computer Science laymen always seem shocked to hear that undergraduate courses are offered in hacking. Why? It's really just a sexy way to market a course in cybersecurity.&n&hell…Read More
2014-12-08 12:48
Dave Karpf of Rutgers University wrote a clarifying piece recently entitled, "Slacktivism as Optical Illusion", in which he describes how online activities labeled (with a negative connotati… Read More
2014-11-18 16:19
Over the weekend, a cyberwar ensued between two highly controversial groups - Anonymous and the Ku Klux Klan. As ZDNet reports, at issue was the upcoming grand jury verdict in the Mich… Read More
2014-11-18 14:14
Data analytics, or "Big Data", is already widely used by businesses to find correlations that help to make predictions - predictions about consumer behavior, predictions about value-chains a… Read More
2014-10-30 13:49
As addictive as Facebook has become for some people as a means of feeling validated or popular - writing posts specifically to garner "likes", and experiencing disappointment when there's no… Read More
2014-10-01 14:55
The Chinese government is cracking down on the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong using tear gas and other heavy-handed methods, and have also begun censoring Internet content and onl… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
To what extent should academics be active in social media? Also, to what extent should their social media presence and the content they share be considered towards career advancement and te… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
In classes on Information Systems, we talk about the rising use of "Big Data" - enormous collections of data sets that are difficult to process using traditional database management tools or… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
By request, here is a TED Talks video on why hackers make good citizens, presented by Catherine Bracy from Code for America Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
To little fanfare, yesterday marked the 25th birthday for the Internet's most successful "killer app" - the World Wide Web. Its creator, Tim Berners-Lee, marked the day by releasing a… Read More
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