Also look at this fantastic book cover!

Huge congratulations to @haimson.bsky.social and his new book Trans Technologies!! So glad we could make it to his book launch event with Briar Baron at Bluestockings this past weekend — Oliver, I’m so looking forward to reading and teaching from your book now and for many years to come. 🥳 🎉 💜

I was invited to serve as a Critic in Residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program this winter — it’s been lovely speaking with the artists in residence about their art practice and the ideas they’re thinking through in their work. Many thanks to Melinda Lang and ISCP for inviting me.

Had such a lovely time speaking with friend & ISCP curator-in-residence Katrine Agpalza Pedersen last night at our event, Curators at Work: What Is Kept and What Is Lost—Katrine Elise Agpalza Pedersen in conversation with Whit Pow. Click on the link in my Linktree (in bio) to view the recording! ✨

I’m planning to use the 46-year-old Bally Astrocade to generate live glitches at the event this Saturday á la Jamie Faye Fenton! Here are some other glitches (and a bonus pic of Alex looking at a fish-y art installation after we visited some galleries around Canal Street).

Visited Electronic Arts Intermix with my friend & colleague Alex Galloway to practice glitching the Bally Astrocade and prep for our event on error, noise, and randomness this Sat., October 19 @ 3pm at EAI in NYC — the event is free and will be live streamed! RSVP here (link in bio): bit.ly/3zZXXXW

My article, “How the Computer Taught Us to See,” is now out in Camera Obscura (@DukePress)! I’m especially proud of this one: I look at the intersections between computer, medical, & trans history through the visual metaphor of the file, folder, and document in the computer desktop. bit.ly/4dIT6bv

Looking forward to visiting the University of Michigan's Digital Studies Institute on Sep. 24! I'll be presenting new work on the history of randomness and connections between computational & biological determinism. Register here: bit.ly/3MKp4ci. The talk will be both in-person & online via Zoom!

💾My article “Critical Game Studies and Its Afterlives: Why Game Studies Needs Software Studies and Computer History” was just published on Just Tech by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)! Please feel free to read, share, and teach! Link in bio & also here ➡️ just-tech.ssrc.org/field-reviews/

Looking forward to Trans Disruptions conference, which starts tomorrow! I'll be speaking on Thursday, April 4 from 12pm - 1:30pm alongside @adamegriff.bsky.social & Naomi Clark @halfrobot.com on Trans Media and Gaming Cultures -- a panel organized and moderated by the fantastic @cprevas.bsky.social

A little late to the announcements, but excited to be at #SCMS24 in Boston this year presenting alongside Teddy Pozo, Cáel Keegan, and respondent @mattiebrice.bsky.social on Video Games and Trans Childhood! Many thanks to Teddy for conceptualizing this and inviting me to co-chair. #SCMS2024

Breaking out my Jigglypuff Pokémon hat for my first New York Comic Con — shout out to @sucho.bsky.social for telling me to get it! I’m hoping to catch a glimpse of Ashley Johnson (voice of Ellie from The Last of Us game) at the Critical Role panel this morning