I’m going to share some discomfort with you. Reading a 1960s-era essay by African-American author James Baldwin, I found myself directly and uncomfortably addressed: White man, hear me! Uh-oh. He had just finished criticizing Whites for pretending not to see the racial history of the United States, so his direct address elevated my pulse. But…
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Yesterday I learned of the passing of Liam Bannon. Liam was a titan in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). His work helped to redirect and reorient HCI research in profound and lasting ways. He was an extraordinary intellectual, a deep and open thinker who was able not just to articulate field-changing ideas, but also…
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