Showing all articles by author: Melanie Baker
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M-Theory: Building and maintaining online communities, Part 2
30 April 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker discusses other aspects about online communities in the 2nd part of this series, more specifically about rules, etiquette, and moderation. Read more
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M-Theory: On the care and feeding of online communities
16 April 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
"Caremongering" has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wide nets can protect community members, but as groups get bigger, administration becomes more reactive. Read more
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M-Theory: In 100 years, what will our descendants know of COVID-19?
02 April 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: COVID19, M-Theory, Opinion
What stories will we leave for future generations? How will we remember it compared to the information we save? What lessons will we impart to the future compared to what lessons we think we’re imparting? Read more
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M-Theory: What I've learned from six years of remote work
19 March 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: COVID19, M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker shares their tips and tricks of working remote, as somebody who has for six years. Special attention also placed upon the different circumstances of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Read more
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M-Theory: The unintended outcomes of DNA testing
05 March 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Through DNA testing, we now have technologies to analyze entire human beings. While revolutionary, there is a focus on the technology rather than on implications on lives. Commercial DNA testing has some… Read more
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M-Theory: Death and the reality of social isolation
20 February 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker shares their thoughts on the usage and practicality of grieving with VR technology, especially in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic where social isolation is on the rise. Read more
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M-Theory: What tech might learn from the art of nunchi
06 February 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Melanie Baker explores how nunchi, the Korean art of snap judgements, may be useful for tech. They explore continuously recalibrating assumptions to help create for people who make not be similar to the… Read more
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M-Theory: Trust is easier to destroy than to restore
23 January 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
Recently, it has become more and more difficult to trust companies as a consumer. Some organizations will prioritize profits over privacy and trust. Read more
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M-Theory: In 2020, resolve to make progress
09 January 2020 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
There are endless opportunities to make progress, and they’re open to everyone, regardless of job, education, or fitness level. Making progress is as important as achieving a goal. Read more
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M-Theory: Tech or no tech, we can't escape nature
19 December 2019 | By Melanie Baker in: M-Theory, Opinion
This weeks M-theory explores the idea that technology and the systems we've built all mimic systems that are already found in nature and that at the end of the day, we're all organic. Read more