Some last #SCMS24 posts:

The Boston Logan Airport is using the new facial recognition process in the TSA checkpoint. Just like other US airports that use this tech, you can and (in my opinion, should) decline to participate.

The entire program is opt-out, and they don't make it very clear that you're allowed to decline.

But just say "I'm opting out of the facial recognition" and then they'll check your ID and boarding pass manually. No intrusive image recognition.

Conferences really are such a marathon. But also feel like you’re sprinting the entire time.

But there have so many great ideas I’ve heard today, and so many amazing people (both old friends and new) that make it all worthwhile.

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Liz Ellcessor’s great presentation draws connections between imaginations of the “home of the future” to modern smart home tech, including its problematic aspects (assumed ability to control a space, security as implying normalcy, etc.), but an interesting tension still where individuals can (and do) use tech to specifically serve their own needs.

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@JessRauchberg makes a really important point in this presentation, that disability has not been adequately incorporated or considered within internet studies, which is a real detriment to the field.

Crip Data as a way to study online platforms seems incredibly promising (and useful), and also carves out some optimism for the future of the internet. I often fall into pessimism about the online world, so this work is always refreshing to see

An interdisciplinary book needs an interdisciplinary team behind it. Come by the Ideas on Fire booth in the #SCMS24 exhibitor hall to chat with Cathy Hannabach and learn how our team of developmental editors, copyeditors, book indexers, and publishing consultants can help get your book out into the world.

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“Peppa Pig is everywhere”
“Elmo crime scene on the floor”

Love these little asides throughout Meryl Alper’s (@meryl) presentation on autistic children and their experiences with digital media.

Also, her book is now open access from MIT Press! I really enjoyed reading it, and hope that many more people do too!

https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5626/Kids-Across-the-SpectrumsGrowing-Up-Autistic-in

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Look who stopped by the Ideas on Fire booth at #SCMS24! Big congrats to #IoFAuthors Johanna Brewer with Real Life in Real Time, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez with Border Tunnels, Liz Ellcessor with In Case of Emergency, and Josef Nguyen with The Digital Is Kid Stuff.

https://ideasonfire.net/scms

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