Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2015

31 Dec 2015, 17:31 p.m.

Yuletide Treasure Reveal: "Pops Real Nice"

Fanfic authors started a Secret Santa-style gift exchange, "Yuletide", in 2003, concentrating on fandoms that don't have that much fic written about them. This year, for the first time, I participated. Now that the authors' …

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28 Dec 2015, 14:19 p.m.

More Zen Cho, and History in Hamilton

People who read this blog will probably like the stuff I've been posting on the Geek Feminism group blog. I wrote a bit more about Zen Cho's Sorcerer to the Crown in October, covering "Cruciat-ish, …

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28 Dec 2015, 14:06 p.m.

What Software Freedom Conservancy Does, Why It's Important, And Why You Should Give

I appreciate the work of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit that helps free and open source software projects. Right now they need 2,500 people to become Supporters to keep their work going. So I …

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10 Dec 2015, 9:55 a.m.

On Meditation And Other Training Exercises

Last night, as I do most Wednesday nights, I went to my local mindfulness meditation group. It was a very distracted meditation for me, and as we ended, a voice in me judged, failure. And …

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17 Nov 2015, 16:48 p.m.

Announcing Changeset Consulting

I'm delighted to announce the launch of my new business. I am the founder of Changeset Consulting, LLC. Changeset provides short-term project management services to free and open source software projects. Need to expedite the …

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02 Nov 2015, 7:11 a.m.

Words I Didn't Know in "Camp Concentration"

I recently re-skimmed Camp Concentration by Thomas M. Disch to list the words he uses that I did not know. In this list I do not include words he uses and then immediately defines (e.g., …

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02 Nov 2015, 6:53 a.m.

Ways to Toss Your Stuff in NYC

I've been on a house-cleanout kick recently. Thus I am grateful for the New York City Compost Project, this list of food banks & food pantries in New York City, SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables, and …

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29 Oct 2015, 9:13 a.m.

A Few More Fanvid Forebearers

Next week I'm speaking to a college class about my video art piece "Pipeline" which critiques the tech industry's hypocritical diversity narrative (making-of). When I posted the vid in May I also posted a list …

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28 Oct 2015, 11:15 a.m.

A Month, Ish

I have been fairly low-volume on this blog lately. Some stuff I've been up to: I wrote a Geek Feminism piece about feminist tech demos I saw at a showcase in New York City. I …

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02 Oct 2015, 18:01 p.m.

Preserving Your Old Art Or Activist Videotapes

These notes on a panel about digital preservation of fanvids spurred me to note down some links in a comment, and I figured it was worth publicizing further here. I myself put vids on Critical …

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