Micah Sherr

#Faculty, #postdocs, and #PhD students: do you use a university-owned laptop?

We’re running a research study on how people in academia experience university-managed devices and remote IT management tools such as #MDM.

Fill out this 1-minute prescreener to see if you’re eligible for a follow-up survey:

https://georgetown.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_03zkXVubhc6wXBA?utm_campaign=SzvWSu4l

PS: We are giving $10 e-gift cards to participants once they finish the follow-up survey.

Please share (boost me please!) with others who use a university-owned laptop.

Participation in this study is entirely voluntary, and you have the right to withdraw at any time without penalty or negative consequences. This survey has been approved by the Georgetown University IRB (no. STUDY00007651). Questions about this study can be sent to the research team at mdm-study@georgetown.edu.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@ooni/116816114391220678

Super cool tool just released by #OONI!

Just downloaded and ran from my Georgetown office. Georgetown apparently blocks access to ntc.party, a site (ironically) that is apparently dedicated to fighting censorship.

Extremely excited to receive my copy of Ben Zotto's (@bzotto@sfba.social) history of the almost-forgotten Sphere Computer.

Book available at https://gocomputernow.com, and there's a cool Sphere emulator at https://sphere.computer

Sad to report the passing of our nearly 19yo #Cuisinart #coffeemaker. Far outlived any other appliance I've ever owned.

20 billion cups of coffee made.

Cool! This new AI #zoom feature where I get can my likeness to say and act out things I never said or did is great. I've always wanted to create a video of myself saying things that I haven't said, all while destroying the planet. Neat!

https://www.zoom.com/en/products/screen-recorder/features/custom-avatar/

#Sarcasm
#AIAvatars

RE: https://fediscience.org/@msherr/116873510832002354

#academic fediverse:

We're still looking for #faculty, #postdoc, and #PhD student participants for our study on remote IT management on university-owned equipment (laptops, tablet, etc.).

If you're interested, please do consider filling in this 4-question interest form to see if you're eligible for a full follow-up survey.

The full survey takes about 20 minutes, and we're giving out $10 e-gift cards (Amazon, Mastercard, 100s more options) to folks who complete it.