Is this a case of the innovation delusion? When safety and maintenance are secondary to an obsession with the new. Are we less safe and poorer as a result? @STS_News@RussellProf@Vestas@WorkSafe_Vic@DannyPearsonMP
https://t.co/LAtCCHd7h1
Book
https://t.co/5b4PmMCauI
@STS_News @LeapingRobot There's a fun rabbit hole to go down if you read papers by Louis Pouzin or Herbert Zimmermann about Cyclades, paired with a more recent John Day analysis about the flaws of Internet architecture, a la https://t.co/U8azx0OMbr
The Freakonomics Radio gang has reposted the 2016 episode, "In Praise of Maintenance," which featured @RussellProf, me, and . . . Ruth Cowan! That was a significant turning point for @The_Maintainers. A lot of people reached out to us after that.
https://t.co/NCPAtFQ0iR
Great to be at @SUNYPolyInst to tour the Semiconductor Processing to Packaging Research, Education, and Training Center with President Soboyejo, @SenGriffo & @ButtenschonNY! This facility will serve as an epicenter for semiconductor research, education, and training.
Driving the future of the semiconductor industry. 🌟 Today, @ChancellorKing celebrated the development of @SUNYPolyInst's Semiconductor Processing to Packaging Research, Education, and Training Center, which will help SUNY Poly expand workforce training and degree attainment in the Mohawk Valley.
📰https://t.co/ba7eHybYM1
@SUNY Chancellor John King Jr. joined researchers, faculty, students, and elected officials today for a site tour and celebration of the development of SUNY Poly's Semiconductor Processing to Packaging Research, Education, and Training Center.
🔆Very grateful for the feature review of "Wicked Problems" in @Nature : “Madhavan champions the importance of looking at seemingly technical problems through a wider lens...'Wicked Problems' is a wake-up call for all engineers to expand their mindset.”
https://t.co/kAoZaDHirq
SUNY Poly is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Russell has been chosen to serve as the university’s provost, a role he has held in an interim capacity since January. To learn more about Dr. Russell, visit https://t.co/GWEDQfRxBG #sunypoly#polytechnic#utica
https://t.co/CReq8UQa3T
Yes, #StandardsMatter! #NetHistory
How standards are set determines the standards we get.
TCP/IP, minimal and clear
OSI, vague, all-sizes-to-fit-all
New post on the newsletter today, "Start Where the Pain Is: Notes on Topic-Selection in Technology Studies," where I argue a driver of problems in technology studies is that folks tend to *start with technologies* when instead we should *start with pain*.
https://t.co/nQOJpGIyb5
Thank you @ScienceMagazine for a generous review by Donna Riley of WICKED PROBLEMS: “Guru Madhavan offers a primer on…problem framing that are intended to empower both engineers and non-engineers as engaged civic actors.”
https://t.co/UUuIEBv05W
📢📗𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓! 📘📢
After nearly 7 years in creation, my new book 𝐖𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐃 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐌𝐒: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 will be out on March 26! @wwnorton
US suburbs are a one life-cycle product that depend on new residents to cover their unsustainable maintenance costs.
After decades of kicking the can down the road, the early inner-ring suburbs are beginning to unravel.
Grants for #Repair in Education!
Spring 2024 cycle opens Jan 15
Grants to develop programs and teaching materials for K - 12 ed settings
(regrettably, must be a US project)
Check out the newsletter for details and more!
https://t.co/1zT5nrrxBM
#MakerEd#Environment#STEM