Amy Bruckman

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I do research on social computing in the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech
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@vga256 built on top of MOO!
Show threadAmy BruckmanMar 11
@vga256 I just found this whole thread--wow! I'm touched, and happy to answer any/all questions.
Show threadAmy BruckmanMar 11
@vga256 Just saw this--goodness, a single person reading your dissertation is an accomplishment! So glad you like it!
Amy BruckmanMar 11
Best thing I've read about AI and jobs. TL;DR: "The ATM tried to do the teller’s job better, faster, cheaper; it tried to fit capital into a labor-shaped hole; but the iPhone made the teller’s job irrelevant.”
https://davidoks.blog/p/why-the-atm-didnt-kill-bank-teller
Why ATMs didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did

There's a lot more to replacing labor than just automating tasks

David Oks
Amy BruckmanJan 17
The VergeJan 17
Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it https://www.theverge.com/news/863980/disney-deleted-anti-fascist-thread
Disney deleted a Thread because people kept putting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies

Disney deleted a Thread post because people kept posting anti-fascist quotes from its movies in the replies.

The Verge
Amy BruckmanJan 1
Hacker News 250Jan 1

ACM Is Now Open Access

Link: https://www.acm.org/articles/bulletins/2026/january/acm-open-access
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46454763

Amy BruckmanNov 24

X (formerly Twitter) turned on account location, and immediately turned it off again--because it showed that your "farmer in Michigan" is really a paid troll in Bangladesh. We need a social network that shows where content is from.
https://asbruckman.medium.com/x-added-account-location-and-turned-it-off-hours-later-36b5a178a4c4

With cites to research by @katestarbird

X added account location — and turned it off hours later.

A window onto what is most broken about the internet.

Medium
Amy BruckmanNov 19
Do you hire recent college grads? If so, are your new hires generally prepared with the skills they need? Is their level of preparation different than it was five years ago?
Show threadAmy BruckmanNov 10
@nosrednayduj total accident—glad you pinged!
Amy BruckmanNov 10
Is your work software neurotic (overthinking, overly cautious)? Jonathan Grudin explained why in 1988.
https://asbruckman.medium.com/45e025999058
Why Your Work Software is Exhausting to Use

Has the software you need to use to get administrative things done at work gotten more time-consuming to use? Do you feel like the software…

Medium