Inside the Little Plastic Castle

The world is changing and now, more than ever, your experiences and voice as a person with a DISABILITY and/or CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITION need to be heard!

The Institute for Health and Disability Studies at the University of Kansas has been conducting the National Survey on Health and Disability (NSHD) since 2018. The goal of this research is to let decision makers and policy makers know what people with disabilities and chronic health conditions experience every day! You can enter your name in a drawing for one of fifteen $100 gifts cards, if you choose. Drawings will be held weekly.

kuhealthsurvey.org

If you need accommodations or would prefer to take the survey with a KU staff member over the telephone, please email Noelle at healthsurvey@ku.edu or call toll-free 1-855-556-6328.

( Why I've been filling out this survey for seven years.  )

Today I learned about fabulous specialist search engines, including MillionShort. It lets lets you hide the first 100, 1000, ... 1,000,000,000 search results, as well as suppressing e-commerce sites. It provides you with an anti-search engine optimized view on the web! SEO can be helpful when I'm looking for a product, and can get in the way when I want honest user opinions on something.

Visit tozka for finding the old internet.

Cabell (rhymes with Scrabble) is one more reason WisCon has changed my life. She researches the sociology of technology, right here in town; with her neon pink hair she's unmissable; and yet it took WisCon for me to meet her. Here's her intriguing and data-rich article comparing info-sharing face to face and on Facebook: ( Data! Data! )