leysia palen
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@palen
Information Science, Computer Science, Crisis Informatics, Human-Centered Computing--at the University of Colorado Boulder
This overview of the now defunct @realDonaldTrump account describes its high-level features, the first in a series of posts offering post mortem insight into its influence. link.medium.com/QKEzgBfMwdb
in the spirit of countdowns and things ending (the year, and in my hope, not the world), here’s something i wrote that i’m very proud of. “your last 15 minutes before the end of the world, ranked from worst to best” from my book “goodbye, again.” happy (almost) end of year.
When Trump tweets, “it makes the information world we are leaning on even more unreliable, even more erratic,” says @CUBoulder information science Prof. Leysia Palen. @palen's research shows Trump's Twitter account "thrashes" the Internet unlike any other time.com/6170560/elon-m…
700+ employees & 600+ students live in areas that were evacuated due to the recent fires. In all, nearly 1,000 structures were lost, including the homes of dozens of CU Boulder students, faculty and staff, and reports of other damages are expected to rise. bit.ly/3mYtJuF
It’s almost the end of the semester and today we had some social, wind-down time with arts and crafts! All the best to everyone finishing up coursework and preparing for winter break! 🥰
We have extended the nomination deadline for all @SIGCHI Awards to 21 Jan 2022. In addition, a blog post on the awards survey findings and resulting improvements will be shared soon.
Applying to federal government jobs can be quite different than in other industries. To help you apply, we've outlined each step in our process 📄: digitalcorps.gsa.gov/process/ Remember, applications open Monday 11/8! 🗓 #CivicTech
