Hey Mastodon & #mastoparle & #mastocafe !

I'm going to a Science, Technology, and Society conference today and tomorrow called Seeing Systems!
http://seeingsystems.illinois.edu/2017-workshop-preliminary-program/

Lots of queer technology, "lessons learned from a feminist tech & science lab", etc!

I'll likely be livetooting it! At the minimum I'll post links to notes from talks/panels!

This idea is mostly aimed at making it easier for me to follow along with what I'd like to call the #mastoparle community.

Unfortunately I don't have any time to invest in a project like that - already have too much important stuff on my plate.

I suspect the first one will be of particular interest to much of the #Mastoparle participants here:

@lauraritchie @Tdorey @ShorterPearson @clhendricksbc @mahabali @sundilu @actualham @katebowles

I've a more in-depth piece about the unquestioned, unspoken frameworks underlying ill-concieved engineering that is currently halfway done, but it's 4am. I hope to have it done & published tomorrow.

PS: the scifi piece is like 3 minutes as well, pretty short.
PPS: feel free to share if you wish, ofc

Hello Mastodon!

I'm trying to write more! So here's a brief, 2minute read rethinking what an education should teach enrolled engineers:
https://medium.com/@haniawni/re-student-advisory-committee-of-ece-uiuc-e0dd7f28113#.1zqqte7li
#EngEd #Education #Mastoparle #Mastowrites

Also, here's my 2014 research-driven sci-fi piece proposing one implementation of remote-control animals:
https://medium.com/@haniawni/sometimes-i-see-things-d9d9f985fe32#.gdmydchfn
#SciFi #Neuroscience #Biobots #Mastauthors

@sundilu @ShorterPearson @lauraritchie I've been thinking a little about a monthly #mastoparle. What I really liked about it was the slow gravitation to a theme. That seemed to me to be important.

So I like that we have persistent collecting points like #smallstories but I also really like the gentle event nature of #mastoparle and I think it can help in these times.

It's a pop-up festival of small thoughts.

@ShorterPearson :) I'm enjoying going back through #mastoparle Certainly very different than getting caught up on a live twitter chat.
@lauraritchie

One of the reasons I think it's important to keep the type of conversation that was a part of #mastoparle going is because we ARE still building a regular conversation. Just like @clhendricksbc says, we will miss several of these events - but we still need them.

We should take chances to raise the profile of what we do here, but more importantly, we should keep doing those things, and work to build our community. It's a VERY good community, after all.

Trending today:
1. #mastoart 2
2. #diaspora 1
3. #mastodon 1
4. #mastoparle 1
5. #gameing 1
And I'm sorry I missed #mastoparle last week b/c that would have been perfect for me right now.