Alper SarikayaThe Opaque Nature of Information LandscapesCommunication is the great mediator, and our landscapes are fostering it more on their terms than our own. Time to take back the reins!Dec 8, 2014Dec 8, 2014
Alper SarikayaThe Snowden Revelations and the NSAHow does the Foucault Panopticon relate to these revelations?Dec 3, 2014Dec 3, 2014
Alper SarikayaThe NSA Revelations of the Early 2000sHow was warrantless wiretapping allowed to continue through the early 2000s? Many people expressed concern about the system and its methods.Dec 1, 2014Dec 1, 2014
Alper SarikayaTeam Fortress Classic and the Landscape it SpawnedTFC fostered the largest online gaming community through the early 2000s. Now, it’s hard to get any information on what happened.Nov 3, 20141Nov 3, 20141
Alper SarikayaHolograms for the PeopleSo Mom, you already know that people are using their communicators all the time—to listen to music, to text each other, to catch up on the…Oct 27, 2014Oct 27, 2014
Alper SarikayaFragmentation of Technology in Daily LifeThe moving target of standards inevitably cause fragmentation that causes everyone to play catch-up.Oct 20, 2014Oct 20, 2014
Alper SarikayaPower and EthicsFrom our readings, it is clear that we have many different ideas about how power and ethics manifest themselves in our environment. Let’s…Oct 8, 2014Oct 8, 2014
Alper SarikayaPower and Control—The Rise of Subversive PowerA discussion of how power is wielded by online services against their users and what sort of rights users should expect.Oct 6, 2014Oct 6, 2014
Alper SarikayaThe Measure of a Man — What is Sentience?For me, it is impossible to answer this question without one of my favorite scenes from Star Trek.Sep 29, 2014Sep 29, 2014
Alper SarikayaFile Glitching—and the information is still conveyed!Playing with how raw picture data is stored in a file, the visual output of the file can be remixed in ways that still convey the feeling…Sep 24, 2014Sep 24, 2014