Andrés Monroy-Hernández
andresmh@hci.social
<p>Computer Science Prof at Princeton University and Board member at Crisis Text Line.</p><p>I build and study social computing systems. Currently working on community-owned platforms and social augmented reality.</p><p>Professional profile at: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://micro.blogs.princeton.edu/@andresmh" class="u-url mention">@<span>andresmh</span></a></span></p><p>Affiliations: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://micro.blogs.princeton.edu/@PrincetonCS" class="u-url mention">@<span>PrincetonCS</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://micro.blogs.princeton.edu/@hci" class="u-url mention">@<span>hci</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://micro.blogs.princeton.edu/@citp" class="u-url
Posts
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Post #4097170
During my sabbatical, I’m volunteering in the community-run internet provider for our remote island. One of the perks: going on another volunteer’s boat this morning to another island where we have an antenna that connects us to fiber to the mainland. Check out a news article about the org from 11 years ago and still running strong. In an era of centralization, I love the idea of communities running their own infrastructure 🙌🏽 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/how-a-group-of-...
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Post #1033447
Our local salamander brigade made the news! https://youtu.be/WqAHEFlmqwg?si=tFt_Jx8WB8YzF9q1
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Post #823724
Police alert in Princeton 🦎
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Post #669350
Backstory of our team&#39;s best-paper-award-winning AR project 🏆 at #CSCW2022 Around 2021, @fannieliu got our team interested in a new puzzle: how could it be that (even before covid) society experienced a &quot;loneliness epidemic&quot; despite living in a 24/7 digitally connected world? Perhaps, in an attempt to reduce friction, digital interactions decreased their meaningfulness and authenticity. Just compare the feeling of getting a Facebook ‘like’ with getting a handwritte...
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Post #669349
I attended my first academic event about blockchains/crypto. Quick takeaways: 🔨 Blockchains continue to be a solution in search of a problem. 🔺 Open cynicism in the crypto community about its Ponzi-ness. ⚖️ DAOs are effective but resemble primitive democracies from the 1800s. 🦹♀️ Financialization of everything is a magnet for bad actors. ✂️ Smart contracts are hard. Even a simple rock-paper-scissors game is hard to program because it exposes the other player&#39;s answer. 🧵 1/2
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Post #669348
@julian @kgajos is it clear to you if are we supposed to sign the petition only if we commit to the 3 points? #whychi