As a social psychologist working on and researching decentralized, distributed web tech, I want to use tools for data collection that align with the DWeb ethos. However, I haven’t yet found any that are compliant with the research ethics board requirements (e.g., HIPAA rules). For my latest study, I’m using SurveyMonkey to host the 10-minute questionnaire. You can find it here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3CTGSB5/. It’s far from an ideal solution. #AskNostr - Is this a topic of interest for other researchers here? - Are there tools built on Nostr that you’re aware of that can be used for academic research? If not, is anyone interested in trying to create something?

Posting a picture from last week’s trip to #Singapore 🇸🇬 for #TOKEN2049 as a way to try out the new preview feature on @nos / Verdict: It works great!

We live in an age of digital ghosts. Late last year, my friend Darren died unexpectedly. We had spoken a few weeks before his death and made vague plans to meet on what would turn out to be the day after his last on earth. I’ve thought about him often since then. I can still hear his voice, that languid drawl indicative of an East Texas upbringing. His contact information remains in my phone; I can’t bring myself to delete it. As a result, I got a notification earlier today that he had joined Telegram. It was a gut punch. Of course, he didn’t just sign up. Rather, the person who received his discontinued number from the phone company did. It’s made me think about the digital traces of ourselves we leave behind and the technological artifacts that those who live on maintain. His contact details are still in my phone. Damn, I miss him.

Ran into the ultimate spreader of the good news of #Nostr today at #TOKEN2049 Singapore 🇸🇬 @paul keating is the ultimate ambassador of stoke

Quick thoughts from a (relative) normie evangelizing #Nostr on day 1 of #TOKEN2049 in Singapore: - Of the dozen folks I’ve spoken to, 2 had heard of Nostr before, 3 realized they had heard of Nostr but didn’t realize it until I started describing it, and 7 had never heard of it - I didn’t have the time (and the people I talked to didn’t have the patience) to onboard in the hallways at the event; it has to be faster and easier (I know, this isn’t news) - The “a-ha” moment came when I showed people my profile and feed on @nos and then immediately opened @Damus and showed them all the same stuff was there, but the two clients offer different user experiences and features

GM #Nostr