Richmond Wong
@richmondywong.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Georgia Tech in Digital Media. Research at the intersection of tech ethics, human-computer interaction, and science & technology studies. Lover of design, trains, Star Trek 🖖and curling 🥌. (he/him)
Today is the 21st of September, which means it's Happy Earth, Wind, and Fire day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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September 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Today is the 21st of September, which means it's Happy Earth, Wind, and Fire day! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...
Extended abstracts (up to 500 words) for our Special Issue on "The Quality of Speculation in HCI" in @iwcjournal.bsky.social are due on September 17!
academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/ca...
academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/ca...
Call for Papers - Special Issue: The Quality of Speculation in Human-Computer Interaction | Interacting with Computers | Oxford Academic
As speculative design and related approaches have become established in HCI, the field still lacks shared approaches to assessing its quality, including its rig
academic.oup.com
September 15, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Extended abstracts (up to 500 words) for our Special Issue on "The Quality of Speculation in HCI" in @iwcjournal.bsky.social are due on September 17!
academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/ca...
academic.oup.com/iwc/pages/ca...
Today’s flight boarding music is a piano version of Sweet Child O’ Mine which is an interesting choice (fun to hear that opening riff unexpectedly!)
July 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Today’s flight boarding music is a piano version of Sweet Child O’ Mine which is an interesting choice (fun to hear that opening riff unexpectedly!)
I guess I must be in Delta’s target demo - there’s piano cover of A Thousand Miles playing during boarding that I’m thoroughly enjoying
May 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I guess I must be in Delta’s target demo - there’s piano cover of A Thousand Miles playing during boarding that I’m thoroughly enjoying
Reposted by Richmond Wong
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Reposted by Richmond Wong
Just to be clear: if 'no one was ready' a lot of people fucked up, bc those of us who work on this laid out what was going to happen 8yrs ago.
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
A.I. Videos Have Flooded Social Media. No One Was Ready.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Just to be clear: if 'no one was ready' a lot of people fucked up, bc those of us who work on this laid out what was going to happen 8yrs ago.
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
The twofold issue that 1)it's not just a tech problem, and 2) Big Tech allowed itself to be ref-worked into spinelessness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/t...
Reposted by Richmond Wong
Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
NSF now planning to let POs largely decide what gets funded, and to send PIs reviews that are only 3-5 sentences long. They don't have to use outside reviewers (except maybe 1) and don't have to convene panels. (1/5)
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Very much reads like they are significantly reducing the influence of peer review on scientific funding, which under the current regime opens the way for more politicized funding instead.
I'm realizing I'm not actually sure what the norms, best practices, and visibility affordances are for creating threads on Bluesky - I'm not sure if replying to my own posts vs. quoting my posts show up differently in other feeds.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I'm realizing I'm not actually sure what the norms, best practices, and visibility affordances are for creating threads on Bluesky - I'm not sure if replying to my own posts vs. quoting my posts show up differently in other feeds.
#ObscureNoveltyHolidaySongs Day 1: What if Earth Wind & Fire's "September" had been set 3 months later? They'd have written "December" and according to one commenter "it probably would have been the greatest Christmas song ever" www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjCW... (or open.spotify.com/track/6z26LT...)
December 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#ObscureNoveltyHolidaySongs Day 1: What if Earth Wind & Fire's "September" had been set 3 months later? They'd have written "December" and according to one commenter "it probably would have been the greatest Christmas song ever" www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjCW... (or open.spotify.com/track/6z26LT...)
Taking a break from my normal academic content, December 1 seems like a good time to start a thread of 25 days of #ObscureNoveltyHolidaySongs - things that are unlikely to be on Top 40 holiday radio! (Here's a little insight into my eclectic music tastes...)
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Taking a break from my normal academic content, December 1 seems like a good time to start a thread of 25 days of #ObscureNoveltyHolidaySongs - things that are unlikely to be on Top 40 holiday radio! (Here's a little insight into my eclectic music tastes...)
Reposted by Richmond Wong
This is HUGE news, that was reported right before Thanksgiving. I just looked online and, sure enough, all the grants that our PhD students normally apply for are not accepting applications this cycle. Maybe they will come back, maybe they won't. But right now, this is a devastating set back.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is HUGE news, that was reported right before Thanksgiving. I just looked online and, sure enough, all the grants that our PhD students normally apply for are not accepting applications this cycle. Maybe they will come back, maybe they won't. But right now, this is a devastating set back.
I'm looking for new PhD students interested in areas including: the work required by practitioners to address social values/ethics in tech design; tech non-use & refusal; tech and urban transit; or tech worker histories.
More info about our work: ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
More info about our work: ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
A Guide to Working in the Creating Ethics Infrastructures Lab
ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm looking for new PhD students interested in areas including: the work required by practitioners to address social values/ethics in tech design; tech non-use & refusal; tech and urban transit; or tech worker histories.
More info about our work: ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
More info about our work: ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
I've updated my guide for prospective PhD students interested in working with me, for the Fall 2025 application cycle (to start in the 2026-2027 school year)!
ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
A Guide to Working in the Creating Ethics Infrastructures Lab
ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu
October 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I've updated my guide for prospective PhD students interested in working with me, for the Fall 2025 application cycle (to start in the 2026-2027 school year)!
ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a...
Re-sharing the thread of Digital Media assistant professor positions we're hiring for at Georgia Tech! (Oct 27 deadline). We're very interdisciplinary, though the "Digital Representations" call focuses more on STS & design research; the "Media Studies" position has a more (new) media studies focus.
Come work with us at Georgia Tech! We're hiring assistant professors in multiple areas! (Oct 27 deadline). There's 2 within the Digital Media program:
1) Assistant Professor of Digital Media: Digital Representation in Science and Technology Studies: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...
1) Assistant Professor of Digital Media: Digital Representation in Science and Technology Studies: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Re-sharing the thread of Digital Media assistant professor positions we're hiring for at Georgia Tech! (Oct 27 deadline). We're very interdisciplinary, though the "Digital Representations" call focuses more on STS & design research; the "Media Studies" position has a more (new) media studies focus.
Reposted by Richmond Wong
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
An Open Letter to U.S. STEM Leadership on the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io
September 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment.
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP
jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/
Come work with us at Georgia Tech! We're hiring assistant professors in multiple areas! (Oct 27 deadline). There's 2 within the Digital Media program:
1) Assistant Professor of Digital Media: Digital Representation in Science and Technology Studies: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...
1) Assistant Professor of Digital Media: Digital Representation in Science and Technology Studies: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...
September 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Come work with us at Georgia Tech! We're hiring assistant professors in multiple areas! (Oct 27 deadline). There's 2 within the Digital Media program:
1) Assistant Professor of Digital Media: Digital Representation in Science and Technology Studies: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...
1) Assistant Professor of Digital Media: Digital Representation in Science and Technology Studies: careers.hprod.onehcm.usg.edu/psc/careers/...
New paper out! "Towards Creating Infrastructures for Values and Ethics Work in the Production of Software Technologies," which I'll be presenting this week at the decennial Aarhus conference. Free/open access version: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Towards Creating Infrastructures for Values and Ethics Work in the Production of Software Technologies | Proceedings of the sixth decennial Aarhus conference: Computing X Crisis
dl.acm.org
August 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
New paper out! "Towards Creating Infrastructures for Values and Ethics Work in the Production of Software Technologies," which I'll be presenting this week at the decennial Aarhus conference. Free/open access version: dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Reposted by Richmond Wong
I had the privilege of hosting @inhacha.bsky.social this summer at the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell, where she led amazing work unpacking "AI Sovereignty" with me & @richmondywong.bsky.social. Her work connects the local to the global in such an inspiring way.
Look out for a preprint soon!
Look out for a preprint soon!
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I had the privilege of hosting @inhacha.bsky.social this summer at the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell, where she led amazing work unpacking "AI Sovereignty" with me & @richmondywong.bsky.social. Her work connects the local to the global in such an inspiring way.
Look out for a preprint soon!
Look out for a preprint soon!
Is it just me, or did the Outlook Web App get rid of the "flagged messages" shortcut? (Annoying not to be able to easily find all the things I've recently marked for follow up!)
July 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Is it just me, or did the Outlook Web App get rid of the "flagged messages" shortcut? (Annoying not to be able to easily find all the things I've recently marked for follow up!)
If you're attending #DIS2025 there's still time to submit a short position paper to our workshop on "Expanding Historical Approaches to Speculative Design" by tomorrow!
See our website for more details: sites.google.com/view/histori...
See our website for more details: sites.google.com/view/histori...
DIS2025 Workshop
Expanding Historical Approaches to Speculative Design
sites.google.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you're attending #DIS2025 there's still time to submit a short position paper to our workshop on "Expanding Historical Approaches to Speculative Design" by tomorrow!
See our website for more details: sites.google.com/view/histori...
See our website for more details: sites.google.com/view/histori...
In my Spotify Daylist today - thanks Spotify algorithm, I think I needed this grounding this week. open.spotify.com/track/1ejPv1...
Lincoln Portrait
Aaron Copland, James Earl Jones, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz · Copland, A.: Fanfare for the Common Man / Lincoln Portrait / Canticle of Freedom / Harris, R.: American Creed (Portraits o...
open.spotify.com
June 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In my Spotify Daylist today - thanks Spotify algorithm, I think I needed this grounding this week. open.spotify.com/track/1ejPv1...
Reposted by Richmond Wong
Like, it's literally their building.
June 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Like, it's literally their building.
We're organizing a #CSCW2025 workshop exploring oppositional responses to AI (actions that attempt to resist, not use, oppose, or even destroy AI). We seek participants who study such responses and/or engage in them. See our call for participation here: oppositiontoai.wordpress.com
June 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We're organizing a #CSCW2025 workshop exploring oppositional responses to AI (actions that attempt to resist, not use, oppose, or even destroy AI). We seek participants who study such responses and/or engage in them. See our call for participation here: oppositiontoai.wordpress.com
Power outage while staying at a hotel! (Wish that I had brought my backpack that had a flashlight in it! Maybe I should throw a flashlight into all my backpacks…)
June 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Power outage while staying at a hotel! (Wish that I had brought my backpack that had a flashlight in it! Maybe I should throw a flashlight into all my backpacks…)
Reposted by Richmond Wong
If you want to see the planned impact on science with the proposed National Science Foundation cuts, this table in particular demonstrates it most devastatingly. Going from 330,000 people to 90,000 people involved in NSF activities. #SaveNSF
From: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
From: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
May 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If you want to see the planned impact on science with the proposed National Science Foundation cuts, this table in particular demonstrates it most devastatingly. Going from 330,000 people to 90,000 people involved in NSF activities. #SaveNSF
From: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
From: nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...