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James Eagan
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Researcher, teacher, builder of bits at Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris. Human-computer interaction, information visualisation. Opinions mine. Pardon […]

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eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
🎵 On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me,
A snow day in gay Paris 🎵
A snowy scene featuring a roundabout with barren trees and scattered rocks, alongside a tall, elegant Parisian building. Flurries of snow are falling, creating a winter atmosphere.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
When it comes to movies, Netflix is a sign of (poor) quality.

Re: https://hci.social/@floe/112095897225731310 @floe
Florian 'floe' Echtler (@floe@hci.social)
Seriously, most Netflix movies currently feel like they spent untold millions on SFX and post-production, perhaps a couple hundred k on the actors, and a Starbucks gift card on the script writing 😑 #netflix #movies #streaming
hci.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy
Pourquoi n’y a-t-il pas de Google européen ?

Et pourquoi c’est une bonne chose et pourquoi nous avons déjà mieux !

https://ploum.net/2023-06-27-un-google-europeen.html

#retroploum
Pourquoi n’y a-t-il pas de Google européen ?
Pourquoi n’y a-t-il pas de Google européen ? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
ploum.net
December 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
Cet article a été écrit du point de vue de Georgia Tech, mais @asb décrypte parfaitement l’ESR en France. Pour les étudiants de Télécom Paris ou IP Paris, le cours pertinent est 4IG05 (ex IGR203), Introduction à l’interaction humain-machine.

From: @asb
https://hci.social/@asb/115525655447275582
Amy Bruckman (@asb@hci.social)
Is your work software neurotic (overthinking, overly cautious)? Jonathan Grudin explained why in 1988. https://asbruckman.medium.com/45e025999058
hci.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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sebastian.social.itu.dk.ap.brid.gy
#aislop killing open submission -

https://blog.arxiv.org/2025/10/31/attention-authors-updated-practice-for-review-articles-and-position-papers-in-arxiv-cs-category/

"arXiv’s computer science (CS) category has updated its moderation practice with respect to review (or survey) articles and […]
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social.itu.dk
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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noamzoam.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy
Are you a PhD student registered in a US institution and interested in conducting part of your doctoral research (4-9 months) in France? Then consider applying for a Chateaubriand Fellowship! https://chateaubriand-fellowship.org/
Chateaubriand Fellowship
chateaubriand-fellowship.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
J’ai le grand plaisir de partager avec vous que j’ai passé cette semaine ma soutenance de Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, le plus haut diplôme académique en France. Le sujet, « Building a Better Bicycle for the Mind » traite comment faire de l’ordinateur un meilleur outil apprivoisable […]
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hci.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
Diplômé de @TelecomParis 1975, prix Nobel en 2025 !

Graduated from Télécom Paris in 1975, Nobel Prize in 2025!

From: @sup_recherche
https://social.numerique.gouv.fr/@sup_recherche/115338658304293004
Min. Enseign. sup. & Recherche (@sup_recherche@social.numerique.gouv.fr)
Attaché : 1 image Le ministère félicite Michel Devoret, prix Nobel de physique 2025, pour ses travaux en mécanique quantique macroscopique.⚛️ Il est le 7e lauréat français du prix Nobel de physique depuis 2007 ! 👨‍🔬🇫🇷👏 @Yale Retrouver le communiqué de presse👉 https://www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr/fr/le-prix-nobel-de-physique-2025-consacre-michel-h-devoret-pour-ses-travaux-en-mecanique-quantique-100113
social.numerique.gouv.fr
October 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by James Eagan
petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
The University of Utrecht is cancelling the #webofscience and offering training sessions on #OpenAlex.
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/access-to-web-of-science-will-end-on-1-january-2026

"Discontinuing Web of Science is a logical step that fits in with the UU vision on #OpenScience. Closed commercial […]
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fediscience.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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ingalls.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
Significant layoffs at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Richland, WA) today. Hundreds of people lost their jobs and were given under 30 minutes to gather their things and be walked off the premises.
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
“I don’t believe HUDs are universally better than copilots! But I do believe anyone serious about designing for AI should consider non-copilot form factors that more directly extend the human mind.”

From @geoffreylitt at […]
Original post on hci.social
hci.social
July 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
I wonder how many of my students know the true origins of the name Linux. Or, as I like to refer to it, GNU/nix v51.

See: @Kierunkowy74
https://piefed.social/post/1050916
On the name of LInux
open [source](https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/114866384556046444)
piefed.social
July 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
If you understand this joke, you’re my kind of people. Even better if it has you literally laughing out loud (as it did for me).

From: @dustin
https://linernotes.club/@dustin/114718023129759844
Waylon Jeggings (@dustin@linernotes.club)
Attached: 1 image @jalefkowit@vmst.io
linernotes.club
June 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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carla.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
I'm hiring a PhD student in Copenhagen, Denmark to do #HCI research on #privacy and #interoperability in messaging apps!

This is a fully funded 3-year position in the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. The student will join my project "mInt" (for "messaging interoperability" ;)) and will […]
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hci.social
April 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
Join us as a (full) Professor in Human-Computer Interaction at @TelecomParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris!

Deadline: THIS Monday, May 5th.

Please share widely.

Details here: https://diva.telecom-paristech.fr/jobs/prof-2025

#chi2025
Télécom Paris (@TelecomParis@sciences.re)
140 Messages, 28 Abonnements, 160 Abonné·e·s · Première grande école française d'ingénieurs généralistes sur le #numérique 💻 | Membre fondateur de l'Institut Polytechnique de Paris #innovation #enseignement
social.sciences.re
April 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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khinsen.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy
What I wrote in that paper explains why I vehemently disagree with the conclusion of the opinion piece that I started this thread with:

"Any solution to this problem needs to increase the pace and rigor of science to better match the pace of technology innovation."

You can increase either the […]
Original post on scholar.social
scholar.social
April 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
Cars are the wrong analogy for computers. They should be more like toolboxes, kilns, assembly lines, ateliers, etc. Something that just works as-is, but that you can hone, master, refine, adapt, and otherwise appropriate to suit your own purposes.
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
Merry Christmas, y’all.
A knit pickle with hair, eyes, and a smile holding a sign. The pickle hangs on a Christmas tree decorated with other ornaments and glowing lights. The sign reads, “Positive Pickle. I may be a tiny pickle, but l believe in you, go do your things!”
December 25, 2024 at 4:38 PM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
Teachers: do you deduct points when a student’s name is misspelled on their group’s final report?
December 21, 2024 at 3:46 AM
eaganj.hci.social.ap.brid.gy
🎵It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas🎵
December 18, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Reposted by James Eagan
birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social
At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes
A TNG scene. We're in the Enterprise conference room, where Picard is holding a meeting with Data, Troi, and Dr Crusher. Barclay is also there, for unknown reasons. Maybe he wandered into the meeting and just sat down, and everyone was too polite to mention it. That happened to me once. I was visiting an office location I didn't normally go to and I wasn't quite sure which conference room I was supposed to be in. I walked into one and sat down and it took me five minutes to realize I was in the wrong meeting. From the perspective of the people in that room, halfway through that meeting, a stranger walked in, sat next to the boss, took notes for five minutes, then walked out without saying a word.
December 3, 2024 at 4:58 PM