https://portfolio-blog-starter.vercel.app This is my portfolio RSS feed https://portfolio-blog-starter.vercel.app/blog/queering-HCI HCI often positions itself as the “soft” alternative to engineering’s hard-tech focus, a stance Ann Light likens to women cast as “the Other.” New phenomenological methods can still entrench power if they ignore politics. Light urges a Queer Theory turn: reject binaries, embrace experimental, disruptive practices, and define HCI on its own terms. As human–machine boundaries blur, a queer HCI framework lets anything count as HCI—as long as it keeps critically re-imagining technology–society relations. Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://portfolio-blog-starter.vercel.app/blog/negative-soundscaping This essay proposes negative soundscaping to describe how noise-cancelling headphones actively shape urban sound by creating intentional silence. Using ideas from soundscape studies and postphenomenology, Chen argues that noise cancelling is not passive — it reshapes what we hear and don’t hear, adding aesthetic value and redistributing power over who gets quiet space in cities. The piece calls for recognizing this silence as both an artistic tool and a political issue, urging planners and designers to see quiet as a shared urban right, not just a private luxury. Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://portfolio-blog-starter.vercel.app/blog/decentralized-social-media Drawing on Frank Pasquale’s vision for human expertise in social media governance, it argues for combining open technical standards, human-in-the-loop moderation, and user autonomy to build healthier, more democratic online spaces. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT