Lots of development on SokoSquare this week, but haven’t had time to reflect.
Tuesday: presented Soko in a trade show-like format at the Stern New Venture Fair for biz plan semifinalist teams. It was cool to see what the competition was up to and to practice the pitch to different audiences. Met some potential advisers [...]

My first paper for Social Facts with Clay Shirky at ITP: “I like just… Entwined”: An Exploration of a Fan Fiction Archive Naming Decision.
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I had some big design breakthroughs for my thesis this week. I want to take the online barter matching idea and make it open source and truly peer to peer, rather than concentrated in a central database. Users will be able to create their own “barter baskets” which list their preferences for what [...]

Last week I attended a SCORE counseling session at Stern to discuss concerns about how SokoSquare is going along. Also met with SokoSquare team members Livia and Mayukh to discuss finalizing the marketing and financials section of the biz plan. Catherine and I met someone at an event who was interested in meeting [...]

Assignment for week 1: Draft abstract and personal statement for my ITP thesis. [PDF]