Who are the minds that conceived and created the tools we use daily? How did they do it? This is the story of Jack Dorsey, the mind that designed and created Twitter (now X), and brought it to planetary success.
#twitter #x #jackDorsey #socialMedia #communication #socialSciences #Square #Block #BlueSky #DonaldTrump #elonMusk
https://negativepid.blog/behind-twitter-jack-dorsey/
https://negativepid.blog/behind-twitter-jack-dorsey/
Inside Data Science: Hackers and the Making of a New Profession
Philipp Brandt
(Columbia University Press, 02/12/2025)
"Data scientists appeared suddenly in the early 2010s and quickly became ubiquitous. Institutions, from established corporations to start-ups, universities to government agencies, scrambled to recruit specialists. Somehow, a loose band of computer experts and hackers integrated established technologies and methodologies—and some questionable ideas—into a distinct profession. Where did data science come from, and why did it gain broad recognition?
Inside Data Science examines how data scientists defined their professional role and identity, offering an empirically rich and theoretically grounded account of the emergence of a new field. Philipp Brandt met data science’s early protagonists in New York City’s start-up spaces, coffee shops, and lecture halls, where they displayed a puzzling combination of enthusiasm and uncertainty. At these seemingly casual gatherings, data scientists devised the machinery for seeing the world through datasets while also analyzing the social context of their technical work. Retracing their conversations, Brandt demonstrates how the data scientist role emerged from the collective processing of personal struggles navigating the uncharted space between statistical expertise and coding skills. Offering a novel analytical lens and critical perspective on data science, this book shows how the interplay of personal reflection, technical rigor, and collective scrutiny gave the big-data era, for better or for worse, a human face."
Data scientists appeared suddenly in the early 2010s and quickly became ubiquitous. Institutions, from established corporations to start-ups, universities to government agencies, scrambled to recruit specialists. Somehow, a loose band of computer experts and hackers integrated established technologies and methodologies—and some questionable ideas—into a distinct profession. Where did data science come from, and why did it gain broad recognition?Inside Data Science examines how data scientists defined their professional role and identity, offering an empirically rich and theoretically grounded account of the emergence of a new field. Philipp Brandt met data science’s early protagonists in New York City’s start-up spaces, coffee shops, and lecture halls, where they displayed a puzzling combination of enthusiasm and uncertainty. At these seemingly casual gatherings, data scientists devised the machinery for seeing the world through datasets while also analyzing the social context of their technical work. Retracing their conversations, Brandt demonstrates how the data scientist role emerged from the collective processing of personal struggles navigating the uncharted space between statistical expertise and coding skills. Offering a novel analytical lens and critical perspective on data science, this book shows how the interplay of personal reflection, technical rigor, and collective scrutiny gave the big-data era, for better or for worse, a human face.
Persuading voters using human–artificial intelligence dialogues
Argyle, L. P. et al. Leveraging AI for democratic discourse: chat interventions can improve online political conversations at…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CA #Canada #HumanitiesandSocialSciences #multidisciplinary #Politics #psychology #Science #Socialsciences
https://www.newsbeep.com/291083/
Creative Flourishing
Dives into the latest creative arts research and practice and asks how engaging with this might aid in human flourishing and have a positive impact upon our wellbeing...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/creative-flourishing/
#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Arts #Creativity #SocialSciences #Universities
13 is your lucky number?
Become part of KWI’s 13th International Fellowship cohort and apply by 28 Feb 2026!
We invite #Postdoc scholars in the #humanities, #socialsciences, or #culturalstudies to join us at KWI from 1 Oct 26 until 31 Mar 27.
Thanks for sharing: @cryocultures @histodons @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @sciencenews @socialsciences
The latest version of the ODISSEI Portal includes software and documentation updates to make the Portal more stable and easier to use when exploring more than 9,500 social science datasets from Dutch data providers.
The update also features support for controlled vocabularies and metadata export in Croissant, a metadata format that facilitates machine learning applications.
Discover more: https://edu.nl/e8ttd
International Conference
THE ARCHIVAL TURN IN MUSIC SOCIOLOGY
5–7 February 2026
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Fanny Hensel-Hall
& online
Conference Programme & Info:
👉 https://www.mdw.ac.at/ims/events/the-archival-turn-in-music-sociology
Keynote Speakers:
› Kate Eichhorn (The New School, USA)
› Uchenna Ngwe (Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance & Royal Academy of Music, UK)
› Nick Prior (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Organisers:
Tianyu Jiang, Rainer Prokop, Rosa Reitsamer
Department of Music Sociology
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
#musicsociology #culturalsociology #sociology #popularmusicstudies #culturalstudies #genderstudies #socialsciences #humanities #music #archives #archivalturn #socialinequalities #inequality #class #race #ethnicity #gender #feminist #queer #antiracist #migrant #postmigrant #histories #culturalmemory #culturalheritage #culturalidentity #identity #mdw #Vienna
Columbus - Feeds
Negative PID Inc.
Miguel Afonso Caetano
amandineturrihoelken
News Beep
Chery (Great Australian Pods)
KWI Essen
DANS
Dept. of Music Sociology @ mdw