Adnauseam—Clicking Ads So You Don’t Have To
Proud to announce my collaboration with Daniel Howe and Helen Nissenbaum: AdNauseam—a browser add-on that obfuscate data mining by also ‘clicking’ every blocked ad.
Tag: Politics
Slides for my “Conflict of Interface” talk at Eyebeam
Conflict of Interface (eng) from Mushon Zer-Aviv Originally presented at The Politics of Interface and Obfuscation a special event at Eyebeam, NYC on March 11th, 2014, together with Helen Nissenbaum (NYU) and moderated by Michael Connor (Rhizome). The internet, once associated with openness and decentralization, is increasingly understood in terms of control exerted by government … Continue reading Slides for my “Conflict of Interface” talk at Eyebeam
Disinformation Visualization: How to lie with datavis (the essay)
Following my Disinformation Visualization workshop at the Info Activism Camp, the wonderful people at the Tactical Tech Collective have invited me to publish these ideas as an essay on their site. I am cross-posting the opening here and encourage you to read the whole thing on the Visualizing Advocacy site (and get their wonderful book … Continue reading Disinformation Visualization: How to lie with datavis (the essay)
Tel Aviv is on fire, what’s cooking?
Israel’s greatest political uprising in recent years is fighting to “not be political”. Why? And would that hurt it’s chances of social change? In the last week we’ve seen the rise of a popular revolt against the housing bubble. It started as a simple Facebook event in Tel Aviv but within days multiple tent cities … Continue reading Tel Aviv is on fire, what’s cooking?
We only care for Tunisians if they validate our techno-fetish
It’s not a Twitter, Facebook or YouTube revolution. It’s a revolution of hungry oppressed people who had enough. They didn’t need Wikileaks to tell them how corrupt their government is. It was a burning man, burnt by his misery and oppression that got people out to the streets. Through the past three weeks the coverage … Continue reading We only care for Tunisians if they validate our techno-fetish
Introducing Forks vs. Knives
Format note: Written as a grant proposal. Forks vs. Knives – Developing the code that governs us Describe your project Reaching consensus is never easy and when it gets really tough some reach for their knives. We say, drop the knives and pick up the forks. Imagine a site – fvsk.org – where each community … Continue reading Introducing Forks vs. Knives
Relationship: It’s Complicated
Ignoring my grandma… friending my enemies… WTF? Is it even reasonable to expect social media to reflect the depth of our social life? And when it fails, what do we stand to lose? (+ tips & hacks) I have recently become more interested in the “It’s Complicated” option in Facebook’s relationship status. It has hit … Continue reading Relationship: It’s Complicated
Interface as a Conflict of Ideologies
Originally written in April 2007. Minor edits: March 2010. Preface In the past 50 years the digital user-interface has become a major field of cultural production, since the innovations of Douglas Engelbart in the sixties (mouse/keyboard/video-screen) through the personal computer revolution in the eighties to the rise of the World Wide Web in the nineties … Continue reading Interface as a Conflict of Ideologies
Radars & Fences / You Are Not Here / The Gaza Tunnel Trade
Radars & Fences III On Friday March 12th 2010 I will be participating at NYU’s Media Culture & Communications’ Radars & Fences III: Borders, Affect, Space (please RSVP and come). My friend Laila El-Haddad and I will present You Are Not Here – A Tour of Gaza Through the Streets of Tel Aviv, and we’ll … Continue reading Radars & Fences / You Are Not Here / The Gaza Tunnel Trade
To whom does the land belong?
This video is taken from a public debate between Yeshayahu Leibowitz and Israel Eldad in 1980. In the 50:40 minute an Israeli farmer asking what should he tell the Ismaeli (apparently referring to the Biblical term used in the debate by members from the right portraying the Palestinians as the arch-enemies of the Jews in … Continue reading To whom does the land belong?