Swallowed - performance
how to swallow an audience
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Recent Projects
Model Legislation: the State Data Privacy Act
A proposed compromise by consumer privacy advocate
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Radio interview on privacy laws in PA
that time I talked to a sports radio show about privacy
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Talk: "Designing Research for Use in Consumer Protection Enforcement"
Making research data that lawyers can use.
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How to access Pittsburgh arrest data using Python - Beginner-friendly
Arrest data can be used to help us understand how police are focusing their attention and resources. This is a short explainer on how to access arrest for the city of Pittsburgh. Find the data you want to access The Western PA Regional Data Center (WPRDC) is an awesome resource
Read moreA hack to make it easier for QA Testers in Twine (Sugarcube 2)
For the game OnlyBans, we got a wonderful accessibility audit done by the Disability Sexuality Access Network. We also periodically have non-technical QA volunteers and playtesters give feedback on the game. I don’t really want them to have to learn a bunch of new tools to give effective feedback
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Research on data rights requests
Using new privacy laws to enact data rights
Read moreHow to display media with relative links in Twine play testing mode
Twine is great, and the Twine 2 UI is a fantastic little tool for developing nonlinear stories. But as of this writing, it’s great for text and not-so-great for other media. You can easily embed media using html, but it’s not easy to work with as you’re
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