By bluerasberry on 2019-03-20
I visited NYC from Friday 8 March – Sunday 17 March 2019. On Saturday 9 March Fabian, Wayne, and I wanted to see the Captain Marvel movie. Somehow we were confused about who reserved tickets, and while on the subway, we realized that no one had. We were all trying to reserve tickets clicking on […]
Posted in education, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged comic, movie
By bluerasberry on 2018-10-28
At WikiConference North America 2018 I chatted with Jackie Koerner / user:JackieKoerner about wiki professionalism in research and university collaborations. We both want for universities around the world to routinely and continuously collaborate with Wikipedia to do research to everyone’s mutual benefit. Wikipedia offers the benefits of a popular media channel, and universities have expertise […]
Posted in other, research, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged ethics, WikiConference
By bluerasberry on 2018-10-28
I was happy to help organize and present WikiConference North America 2018 in Columbus Ohio Thursday 18 – Sunday 21 October 2018. This was the fifth iteration of this annual conference. I had been a core organizer for 2014 in NYC, 2015 in DC, and 2016 in San Diego, and have been happy to have […]
Posted in presentation, research, Wikipedia | Tagged WikiConference
By bluerasberry on 2018-09-16
I have been Wikimedian in Residence at the Data Science Institute at the University of Virginia since March 2018. 6 Months into this role I wanted to share an update summarizing what I do. Graduate student research with Wikimedia projects The Data Science Institute’s primary activity till now is running a masters degree program in […]
Posted in Charlottesville, education, Wikipedia | Tagged Wikipedia education program, Wikipedian-in-residence
By bluerasberry on 2018-07-29
Fabian and I visited Kruger National Park. On Wednesday 11 July we flew from Johannesburg to Skukuza Airport, which is in Kruger Park. We picked up a rental car and drove 2.5 hours to Satara Lodge where we stayed 2 nights. The night of the 12th we took a nighttime tour to see nocturnal animals […]
Posted in animal, South Africa, tour, Wikipedia | Tagged monkey, zoo
By bluerasberry on 2018-07-25
Wikimania Cape Town was 18-22 July 2018. Fabian and I went to South Africa early for tourism and to be together. We arrived in Johannesburg on Monday 9 July and he stayed till 18 July, at which time he returned to New York as I began my conference. I left at the end of the […]
Posted in rights, South Africa, Wikipedia | Tagged discrimination, Wikimania
By bluerasberry on 2018-06-22
Corporate forces use a dirty trick to undermine community activism: they steal the social movement with counter-propaganda by publishing media to redefine the movement goals. The way it works is that after a social movement names and defines itself, the corporate forces start publishing media using the same name but report that the social movement […]
Posted in Open access, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged consumer rights, net neutraily, propaganda, Tim Wu
By bluerasberry on 2017-11-07
Fabian and I went to see the new Tom of Finland movie on Sunday 5 November 2017. The movie told how Tom of Finland fought against the Russians in World War II, faced discrimination for being gay, then found a popularity base and international distribution network by publishing gay erotic comics in Los Angeles. I […]
Posted in gay stuff, Wikipedia | Tagged movie, Richard Knipel, WikiConference, women's rights
By bluerasberry on 2017-07-02
Wiki NYC had a board meeting yesterday Saturday 1 July 2017 from 10-6pm at Ace Hotel on 28th Street. I am writing to describe the mood and focus of it. The significance of this meeting is that it is the first board reflection on our first year after having a significant budget, and looking forward […]
Posted in Consumer Reports, New York City, Wikipedia | Tagged non-profit organization, Wiki NYC, Wikimedia chapter
