Striking a Chord with Technology, Interview with Vijay Iyer
Source: The New Yorker. Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing the esteemed artist Vijay Iyer, a grammy-award winning jazz pianist, composer, electronic musician, scholar, and Harvard music faculty member. In many ways, the experience was surreal. The two
If AI is biased, how should we use it?
Source: University of Toronto Magazine. Even in the unprecedented time of the COVID-19 pandemic, the headlines are inundated with ways that artificial intelligence is being used to assist coronavirus patients and perhaps even prevent future pandemics. Not far from these auspicious articles are
Making Digital Space Ours
Physical spaces hold our memories for us. Sitting at my desk, I feel all the time I’ve spent here reading novels. I remember phone calls with friends in highschool and writing code late at night and drawing badly. The desk
Homecoming
32 I.O. (years in orbit)The history lesson I taught last Tuesday was meant to be the highlight of the semester. Not just for me, but for the middle school kids I teach. I’m not sure what history classes were like
An Unusual Poet
Let’s start with two poems. Glance over the first one and consider how it makes you feel. Ponder the author’s message: what might have inspired them to write this? For best results, jot down the ideas and emotions the poem
The Quarantunes – How Digital Music Platforms are Creating Community through the Pandemic
My blockmates and I found out that we had to vacate Harvard on a Tuesday morning. Our anxiety around Coronavirus had been building in recent weeks, and we knew changes were coming, but we were not prepared by the shock
Ameelio – The Free Prison Communication Platform
Writer’s Note: Currently, I am working as a software engineering intern at Ameelio remotely, through spring and summer 2020. Specifically, right now, I am working on writing web crawlers to build a seamless, searchable nationwide inmate database. All uncited quotes come
Contact Tracing and the Future of Technology Governance
On April 10, Apple and Google announced their partnership to build a Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform. Set to launch in May, the API would allow public health authorities to develop apps that would use the Bluetooth functionality on Android and
An Online Learning Experiment – How Education Technology is Evolving to meet the Demands of Online Learning
Publisher's Note: This is the second article of a two part series. While Part 1 explores the disparities in education that arise in a remote environment, Part 2 takes a look at how innovation in education technology may be helping
An Online Learning Experiment – Exploring the Educational Disparities that Arise in the Online Classroom
Publisher's Note: This is the first article of a two-part series. While this article explores the inequalities that exist in the transition to remote learning, Part II explores new innovations in educational tech that might address some of these inequalities.