Yesterday, from the comfort of my outdoor eco-lounge (it’s a Fremantle thing) I had a fascinating Google+ chat with fellow pervasive/physical game designers Dr. Christy Dena and Holly Gramazio about “Games with Invisible Buttons” — what we do, what we’re thinking about and some of the challenges we’ve faced working in this still somewhat unconventional space. The whole thing […]
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A Lady’s Guide to Kicking Ass
australia perth talkAttention ladies and gentlemen allies! I’ll be speaking at the Australian Computer Society/Microsoft next week in Perth, so if you’re around I hope you can join me! A Lady’s Guide to Kicking Ass with Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie Drawing on her global adventures as a game designer, technologist, and social entrepreneur, Kate will share her favourite […]
How to easily import your Eventbrite attendee list into Mailchimp (and delete any duplicates)
eventbrite howto mailchimpI run a monthly playtest event called Playup Perth. I use Eventbrite to manage ticketing and Mailchimp to manage the mailing list. At the end of each event, I want to make sure I get any new attendees added to the Mailchimp mailing list, while making sure not to duplicate the regulars. Sounds like this would […]
Stuff I wish people had told me in high school
advice lifeI’ve been invited to speak at Techtrails at Hampton Senior High School today about my career in game design and technology. I didn’t have the best high school experience so it’s sort of a way for me to go back and share what I wish had been shared with me all the way back then. And, […]
If my thesis were posted to Facebook, it’d have a lot of Likes
facebook thesis(Sorry, couldn’t resist the cheesy title).. I received a rather exciting email about my thesis today: Dear Dr Kate Raynes-Goldie I am writing to let you know that your thesis, which is in the Curtin institutional repository, espace@Curtin, has been particularly popular with readers around the globe. Your thesis, Privacy in the age of facebook […]
Trains and Trees not Cars and Roads
UncategorizedAn open letter to the City of Melville, and the Governments of Western Australia and Australia in response to plans to build a freeway through the Beeliar wetlands. I moved to Perth from Toronto, Canada — a city with a great public transport system. When I lived in Toronto, I didn’t need a car because […]
Radical Transparency: Privacy after a Decade of Facebook
academic facebook privacyI spoke yesterday at ANZCA2013 in Fremantle, Australia about some of my latest work coming out of my PhD research on the philosophy Facebook, radical transparency and privacy in the context of a decade of Facebook (as of next year). A full paper is in the works, but here’s where I’m at so far. Slides Abstract The amount […]
Privacy in the Age of Facebook: Discourse, Architecture, Consequences
academic californian ideology facebook thesis[Edit 23 May 2014] As of May 2014, my PhD was the 6th most downloaded thesis of all time from Curtin Library’s eSpace. In July, my PhD thesis passed examination. Today, after making the required (thankfully minor) revisions, I submitted the final version to my university! Download [pdf] or access via Curtin Library repository (eSpace) Raynes-Goldie, K. […]
Just say no to e-health records, because your doctor might think you’re a bitch.
feminism geek feminism privacyThink your privacy is protected because you have nothing to hide? I was making a follow up appointment at my dermatologist’s office today. On the reception desk right in front of me, in plain view, was a print out of a patient call list. Certainly, this was a minor violation of patient confidentiality in itself. But […]
Targeted phishing of Playstation Network victims begins?
hack phishing playstation playstation network privacy psn securityUPDATE May 6, 2011, 14:07 ET Michael Oliveira (thanks!) has suggested that this is a legit email, even though the links go to a third party rather than a Sony domain – often a clear giveaway for phishing. In this case, Michael points out the third party does appear to be legit. However, the email […]