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I ran CHI so you don't have to...
4 October 2026
Discussions about things you didn't know about when running a conference. In April 2026, I co-ran the ACM CHI conference in Barcelona. Most people ... read more →

Phone AI: All the Data, None of the Context
28 September 2026
We have to understand people before we can build the right AI. I was discussing smartphone AI with a John Alexis recently because I was ... read more →

So You Decided To Run A Workshop
24 September 2026
Some advice on how to run a workshop at an academic conference. Note: this was first published 2014-10-03 on Medium; reposting here via ... read more →

Behind Twitter’s Biased AI Cropping and How to Fix It
14 July 2026
Repost about Twitter's (or X's now) cropping algorithm from 2020. Note: this was first published 2020-09-28 on Medium; reposting here via ... read more →

Remembering Frank Nack
13 July 2026
In memoriam of Professor Frank Nack: a dear friend and mentor. On July 10, 2026, Dr. Frank Nack passed away. He was a professor at the ... read more →

Whispers: AI at the Cinema
9 July 2026
Whispers is a breakthrough in AI Cinema: from empowering the storyteller to the audience. In mid-June of 2026 in San Francisco, I went to a screening of Whispers by ... read more →

VAR Killed the Football Star
9 July 2026
Technology cannot substitute human accountability without transparency. The FIFA World Cup is in full swing and so are the various controversies. ... read more →

Hello, world (now with POSSE)
24 June 2026
Building a blog that you own and share via cross-posting...because I want to own my stories. Welcome! Here we are again restarting with blogging again. I won’t ... read more →

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