danah boyd

I recently had to do an assignment for my Women and Computers class regarding the research of a woman who has contributed to new media. I chose danah boyd as she seemed interesting in that the only information I had about her before my research was that she worked for Microsoft doing research. When I started to read about her through her blog and through her Web site, I was hooked. She is simply fascinating. She is very cut and dry and seems to be of the "no bullshit" type, which is hard to find these days in the time of ass-kissing to get up in the world. I did my multi-media presentation on her which does her no justice, I realize, but gives a brief background about her life, and some of the research she has conducted.