In September 2024 I launched my working group on Creative Labor, AI and Democracy (CLAID) at the Digital Democracies Institute. The first activity of the group was to organize a reading group on creativity and AI. Together with Pranjali J. … Read More
Reseach log

AI in the VFX industry: my new research on the implications of artificial intelligence on creative labor
As I am about to wrap up my first monograph based on my Ph.D. dissertation, I am moving the first steps into my next research project. My plan for the next five years is to focus on the interplay between … Read More

Some shots from my research photo album
In this post, I decided to open my archive and publish some of the pictures I have taken throughout my journey into the Vancouver startup scene. The quality of my shots is…what it is. I am not a photographer and … Read More

On API and digital methods
Just a couple months ago I was celebrating the release of the Meetup Archiver on Github. A little piece of software sending requests to Meetup.com and retrieving data via their official APIs. A software that, I wish, could be useful … Read More

Meetup Archiver: now available on GitHub
After months of work, I am very happy to announce that the Meetup Archiver is now public and available on GitHub. The Meetup Archiver is a sweet piece of software retrieving data from Meetup API and storing the results in … Read More

Research log #2 – Moving deeper into the field (and Dashboard v0.2 released)
The past three weeks have been filled with events and interviews. The more I move into the Vancouver startup ecosystem, the more I learn about the different organizations active in town. So far, I had the chance to immerse myself … Read More

Research log #1 – Dashboard live and Brainstation DemoDay
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first research update since the launch of the website. This week I’ve been working on setting up my Tableau Public account. Tableau is one of the leading data visualization software available, and I am … Read More