Reposted by DJ 🐳Xinyun Cao @xinyc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026[Appreciate repost or referring me to other channels!] My UM team is recruiting DHH adults who have experience using Social VR apps (casual or professional). The study will be remote, last about 1 hour and compensated. Please fill out this form if you are interested: tinyurl.com/mrtjwtbv! Thanks! 037
Reposted by DJ 🐳Dr Abi Roper @abracabadger.com · 07/02/2025The #BASConf25 abstract submission portal is open! Submit your abstracts for presentations, panels, lightning talks, or posters here: blogs.city.ac.uk/bas2025/subm... • Submission Deadline: 17 Mar 2025, 9AM UK • Notification of Acceptance: 2 May 2025 • Conference: 18-20 August 2025 #aphasiablogs.city.ac.uk Submit an Abstract | British Aphasiology Society International Conference 2025 04037
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Reiterating that we have an open postdoc position in the area of HCI and accessibility in our lab. Please apply using this link: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...careers.umich.eduResearch Fellow in the Soundability Lab | U-M Careers 092
Reposted by DJ 🐳Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Charles Darwin weighing the pros and cons of marriage, 1838 7535
Reposted by DJ 🐳Courtney E. Thompson @cethompson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024All I want for Christmas is for recommendation letters to be ABOLISHED. 2503
Reposted by DJ 🐳Crystal Lee @handle.invalid · 18/12/2024I have given up on all sorts of ~cool~ word processing approaches for writing my book (Zettlr, Ulysses, Scrivener, etc) and am going to do it all in Google Docs because of citation support and the instant sync / sharing options. Honestly feels heretical. 6241
Reposted by DJ 🐳Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 25/11/2024What is $131,742? Answer: this is how much it costs me to fund a PhD student per year for a full RAship in CS at UW (including 100% during the summer). PhD funding can be a confusing topic at US universities. Want to learn more? Take a look at our lab handbook: docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comMakeability Lab HandbookMakeability Lab Handbook By Professor Jon Froehlich and lab membersAllen School of Computer Science and EngineeringUniversity of Washington Welcome to the Makeability Lab! 👋 We are so happfy that y... 1265
Reposted by DJ 🐳Jennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Just be excellent to each other. 😊🤞🦋 9829
Reposted by DJ 🐳Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 16/12/2024America almost died from food poisoning, and now that she's feeling a little better... she's eating the leftovers. 269164782142
Reposted by DJ 🐳Dr. Jordan Taylor @jordant.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I always forget just how unpleasant a 15 hour flight is 2111
Reposted by DJ 🐳Jeffrey P. Bigham @jeffreybigham.com · 10/12/2024some OpenAI guy says that o1 is better at most humans at most tasks o1, make me a coffee? fail. o1, brush my teeth? fail. o1, drive me to work? fail. … o1 can do literally none of the things I do within the first hour of waking up. but, sure. you're great. never change 😀 4382
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Presenting at a conference: 10% the actual talk, 90% figuring out how to say 'next slide' without sounding awkward. 040
Reposted by DJ 🐳Crystal Lee @handle.invalid · 09/12/2024I’ve been watching (and sobbing) along to “A Daily Dose of Sunshine” and dear lord is it amazing 121
Reposted by DJ 🐳Adam Perer @perer.org · 06/12/2024Undergraduates: come spend your summer with us as a paid researcher at CMU! I plan to mentor students interested in data visualization and/or human-AI decision-making in healthcare. 0148
Reposted by DJ 🐳Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 03/12/2024This is an interesting observation. AI facilitates the creation and reinforcement of a fascist aesthetic, where everyone can appear to be “perfect” (youthful, conforming, masculine men and feminine women). 20499132
Reposted by DJ 🐳Michael Bernstein @mbernst.bsky.social · 08/12/2024A great class concept with a website so funky that the Fresh Prince himself would probably enroll 0112
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Academia is where you work 60 hours a week to avoid working 40 hours a week 3473
Reposted by DJ 🐳Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no 561370947005
Reposted by DJ 🐳Nick Alico @nickalico.me · 04/12/2024HCI friends! Come work with me! My team is hiring HCI Scientists/Researchers at all levels, including interns! DMs open if you have any questions 🙂 Positions are hybrid in our amazing office in Cambridge, MA! cra.com/job-listings/cra.comCurrent Job Openings at Charles River AnalyticsWe take great pride in our success by attracting and retaining the most talented and creative problem-solvers in the field. 031
Reposted by DJ 🐳Catherine Breslin @catherinebreslin.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Amazon’s Nova foundation models just launched www.theverge.com/2024/12/3/24...theverge.comAmazon announces its own set of Nova AI modelsNova is here. 051
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · 03/12/2024@anhongguo.bsky.social and I are featured in CSE’s annual report article, showcasing our latest work, other accessibility research at UMich, and our vision for the future of accessibility. 🚀 A good read if you’re passionate about AI and accessibility! cse-report.engin.umich.edu/2024/10/25/a...cse-report.engin.umich.edu 0111
Reposted by DJ 🐳Ian Shepherd @ianshepherd.bsky.social · 02/12/2024And here's one for sound designers 291
Reposted by DJ 🐳Mara Ulloa @mara-ulloa.bsky.social · 02/12/2024When requesting a letter of rec, I’m proactive by offering to draft my interactions w the prof & dates, goals, achievements, etc. Although not all this info may be included, it considers prof’s busy schedules & gives them a better sense of who I am. Perhaps your students can help you in this way? 111
Reposted by DJ 🐳Carine Lallemand @carilall.bsky.social · 02/12/2024As more and more of our favorite #HCI venues join Bluesky, I created a starter pack with the ones I found @chi.acm.org @acm-dis.bsky.social @chiwork.bsky.social @mobilehci.bsky.social @ieeevis.bsky.social @acm.org @acm-cscw.bsky.social @ozchi-conf.bsky.social #CHI2025 go.bsky.app/GN935Hq 03115
Reposted by DJ 🐳Ahmad Beirami @abeirami.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Dear reviewers: As you react/respond to the author rebuttal can you please articulate the answers to these questions in 1-2 sentences each? 1. Why not a lower score 2. Why not a higher score This significantly helps bring everyone (authors/reviewers/AC/SAC) on the same page. 1448
Reposted by DJ 🐳Interspeech 2026 @interspeech.bsky.social · 30/11/2024🌍🎤 ML-SUPERB 2.0 Challenge at #Interspeech2025: Push the boundaries of cross-lingual speech processing! 🚀 154 languages & 200+ accents/dialects 📊 Live leaderboard & online evaluation! Join now: multilingual.superbbenchmark.org 1105
Reposted by DJ 🐳Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 29/11/2024Visiting @umichigan.bsky.social on Monday and giving a talk about my lab's work on Human-Computer "Integration" (lab.plopes.org). If you are around and have time to meet, please DM; looking forward to my 1st time in Ann Arbor. Thanks @anhongguo.bsky.social & Michael Nebeling for inviting & hosting! 0173
Reposted by DJ 🐳Jon Froehlich @jonfroehlich.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Love the influx of academics to Bluesky. Will this be our new 🏠? To help grow the community, I just created an HCI+Accessibility "starter pack". Help me grow the list! Many are missing! go.bsky.app/PZxHNqP 279938
Reposted by DJ 🐳Golan Levin @golan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024#JobAlert! Come join me at Carnegie Mellon's School of Art— we're hiring an open-rank tenure-track professor in "Experimental Animation and Emerging Media Practices"! Deadline is Jan 5: art.cmu.edu/employment/#...art.cmu.eduEmployment - School of Art | Carnegie Mellon UniversityThe School of Art seeks professional artists, educators and administrators with an interest in interdisciplinary practice and expanding what it means to be a school in the 21st Century. 16026
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Too many recommendation letter requests lately—love supporting my students, but it’s overwhelming. Professors, how do you handle this without burning out? Tips welcome! 430
Reposted by DJ 🐳Ian Stewart @flotownmastering.com · 01/12/2024Audio #production, #mixing, and #mastering tip: Rather than thinking of #mid/side as a way to manipulate the center and edges of the stereo field (it’s not), think of it as X-specific width control. EQ? Frequency-specific width control. Compression? Level-specific width control. 🫡 1194
Reposted by DJ 🐳Raul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 01/12/2024A message from me, to me. #AcWri #GetYourManuscriptOut 712814
Reposted by DJ 🐳Martin Tomitsch @martintomitsch.bsky.social · 02/12/2024“Messy is what we do” - Paul Dourish’s keynote on what comes after HCI at #OzCHI24 121
Reposted by DJ 🐳Joel Z Leibo @jzleibo.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Very interesting paper here comparing a MARL model and a Concordia model on the same topic! 0123
Reposted by DJ 🐳Niklas Elmqvist @nelmqvist.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Visualization researchers work with domain experts all the time. Through many collaborations, I've noticed how crucial it is to align expectations from the start. Here I share insights on what makes an effective partnership. What's your experience here? niklaselmqvist.medium.com/what-you-sho...niklaselmqvist.medium.comWhat You Should Know When Working with Visualization ResearchersAn Open Letter to Domain Experts 2175
Reposted by DJ 🐳Sander Hermsen @sanderhermsen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024I have two science hats: behavioural science and design research. The former group is all over Bluesky, but I was missing the design research community. Kept looking for a starter pack, but there were none. Now there is! Want to be on this list? (Or taken off? ;-) Let me know 🤩 go.bsky.app/VM55QQL 10114
Reposted by DJ 🐳Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 01/12/2024MIT has a set of books labelled "Open Access" but it's a little clunky to find them on the MIT Press site, and so I've gone ahead and mirrored 400+ of them here: archive.org/details/mit_... 40870380
Reposted by DJ 🐳Noeska Smit @noeskasmit.com · 29/11/2024Speaking of Bergen, ever considered moving to Norway? We have a job opening for a Tenured Associate or full Professor in Visual Data Science / Visualization 📊! I can add that as a tenured associate professor there is a clear path towards promotion to full professor. www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...jobbnorge.noProfessor / Associate Professor in Visual Data Science / Visualization (271566) | University of BergenJob title: Professor / Associate Professor in Visual Data Science / Visualization (271566), Employer: University of Bergen, Deadline: Friday, February 28, 2025 32519
DJ 🐳 @djain.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Looking forward to seeing and showing you around at UMich & Ann Arbor, Pedro! 170
Reposted by DJ 🐳Dan Golding @dangolding.com · 28/11/2024Shameful. If this actually translates to any meaningful action, those who support it now will quickly come to regret it. I also suspect this will be extremely difficult to undo.abc.net.auChildren to be banned from social media from next year after parliament votes through world-first lawsThe government and opposition moved fast to ram through the bill before the end of the parliamentary year, sparking calls for more scrutiny from some Coalition MPs, independents and the Greens. 3339
Reposted by DJ 🐳Pedro Lopes @pedrolopes.org · 28/11/2024Turns out Chicago is just a pixelated version of "The Bean" (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_G...). Happy Thanksgiving blue sky!en.m.wikipedia.orgCloud Gate - Wikipedia 051
Reposted by DJ 🐳Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 28/11/2024If you’re seeing some glitches today, it’s growing pains from scaling up so quickly! Thanks for bearing with us. 765219401561
Reposted by DJ 🐳Kasper Hornbæk @khornbaek.bsky.social · 28/11/2024ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction is looking for outreach editors, i.e., junior researchers who wants to rethink and implement how the journal engages online with readers and authors. Deadline for applications is Dec 11. Call at www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... or ask me for more info.linkedin.comKasper Hornbæk on LinkedIn: Dear HCI community (please share, forward) We are seeking two Outreach…Dear HCI community (please share, forward) We are seeking two Outreach Editors for ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI). The Outreach Editor… 01919