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Date Title & Description Contributors
2017-02-03

  Reimagining Enterprise Computing through Design – Satish Ramachandran

Satish Ramachandran is the global head of design at Nutanix, where he is dedicated to applying design to reimagine enterprise computing. In this role he ensures the products being built serve the users’ intent, with very minimal, simple, and delightful...
2017-01-24

  Your Own Bias is Your Worst Enemy: Judd Antin's 2017 Commencement Address

Judd Antin delivered the keynote address at the UC Berkeley School of Information's January 2017 commencement ceremony. Judd Antin is the director of research at Airbnb. In his research, Judd uses the methods and practices of UX and data science to stu...
  Judd Antin author
2016-04-15

  Art Of The Start: Launch Your Startup Career (Dhawal Mujumdar)

Fast growing startups can launch your career. But breaking into one can sometimes feel like learning a new language. Join Dhawal Mujumdar, MIMS alum 2011 and founder of AdsNative, as he shares insider tips and first-hand experience on making your caree...
  Dhawal Mujumdar author
2016-04-08

  Pace of Change: Silicon Valley and the West Wing (Nicole Wong & Greg Nelson)

Tech entrepreneurs and policy wonks share a common desire to understand and shape the world, but often have different views, tools, and models for impact. Hear an inside perspective from two former members of President Obama’s White House team about ho...
  Nicole Wong & Greg Nelson author
2016-04-01

  Locking the Web Open: A Call for a New, Distributed Web (Brewster Kahle)

Twenty years after the World Wide Web was created, can we now make it better? How can we ensure that our most important values — privacy, free speech, and open access to knowledge — are enshrined in the code itself? In a provocative call to action, ent...
  Brewster Kahle author
2016-03-25

  Power, Accountability, and Human Rights in a Networked World (Rebecca MacKinnon)

Will Facebook play a decisive role in the 2016 presidential primaries? Should Twitter be blamed for the rise of the Islamic State? Has the Chinese government successfully marginalized political dissent by controlling the companies that run China’s Inte...
  Rebecca MacKinnon author
2015-12-18

  Challenges for the Data Ecosystem (Doug Cutting, Chief Architect, Cloudera)

Use of new data technologies now pervades our institutions, both private and government. But this data-driven revolution is far from complete. We can still influence where it takes us. I will discuss some of the current challenges we face, both technic...
  Doug Cutting, Chief Architect, Cloudera author
2015-12-11

  “I'm Very Concerned About the Privacy of My Users:” Privacy as a Practice in Mobile App Development (Katie Shilton, University of Maryland)

Privacy is a critical challenge for mobile application development. Mobile applications are easy to build and distribute, and can collect diverse personal data. US policy approaches to data protection in the mobile ecosystem rely on privacy by design: ...
  Katie Shilton, University of Maryland author
2015-12-04

  Communications, Community, and Celebration: Co-creating the Maker Movement (Dale Dougherty)

Dale Dougherty is the founder and executive chairman of Maker Media, Inc. which launched Make: magazine in 2005, and Maker Faire, which held its first event in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006. Dale’s vision and mission continue to be the guiding for...
  Dale Dougherty author
2015-10-02

  Remember When Nobody Knew You Were a Dog? Anonymity, Identity and Location in Online Social Environments (Jeremy Birnholtz)

Once upon a time, interacting anonymously online meant talking to strangers who could be anywhere in the world and knew very little about you, and about whom you knew very little. Thanks to GPS, ubiquitous mobile devices and an array of recent apps, ho...
  Jeremy Birnholtz author