Hearthless: How Streaming Stole Our Shared Fires
How the shift from scheduled broadcasts to on-demand streaming changed the way we gather around our stories.
Probing emerging technology by building with it.
Experiments and patterns from the edge of technology and culture — shared in public as I find them.
Recent Writing
The Grief Multiplier and Gratitude
Personal reflections on loss, grief, and finding gratitude during the COVID-19 pandemic after losing a brother.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Exploring the branching narratives of CYOA books through data visualization and what they teach us about choice.
Freediving into a Spreadsheet
How spreadsheets became cultural spaces for art, activism, and social action beyond business calculations.
The Global Derealization
On how experiencing the world through screens during a pandemic creates a collective sense of unreality.
Who's Behind The Board
David Nuñez probes emerging technology by building with it — small experiments at the edge of technology and culture. By day he's Director, Metadata and Digital Platforms at Baker Library, Harvard Business School, where he's helping the library figure out AI. Previously Director of Technology at the MIT Museum, and an MIT Media Lab grad studying human-robot interaction.
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