Amy J. Ko
@amyko.phd
Professor @ University of Washington iSchool. Computing, learning, design, justice, kitties, tacos, coffee, gender, politics, and transit. I write at amyjko.medium.com. I maintain wordplay.dev, bookish.press, adminima.app, reciprocal.reviews.
I had a lovely visit today at Lewis and Clark College, back in my home town. It was great to experience its lovely community, talk about justice work in CS, and connect with students and faculty around the future of CS!
October 4, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I had a lovely visit today at Lewis and Clark College, back in my home town. It was great to experience its lovely community, talk about justice work in CS, and connect with students and faculty around the future of CS!
Rep Jayapal is awesome. I’m so proud to live in her district! She represents so well.
June 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Rep Jayapal is awesome. I’m so proud to live in her district! She represents so well.
Newport Ave, full of honking, cheering, and chants
June 15, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Newport Ave, full of honking, cheering, and chants
The peaceful crowd in Drake Park, listening to a speech on universal health care for Oregon.
June 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The peaceful crowd in Drake Park, listening to a speech on universal health care for Oregon.
The proportions on the front page of NYT this morning are a nice distillation of the moment: 80% AI, 15% branding, 5% engaging with the powder kegs exploding all around us.
June 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The proportions on the front page of NYT this morning are a nice distillation of the moment: 80% AI, 15% branding, 5% engaging with the powder kegs exploding all around us.
The administration’s vision of science in America is that we do 75% less of it. That means more death, less progress, more ignorance, fewer experts, fewer educated people, all to make billionaires wealthier.
May 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The administration’s vision of science in America is that we do 75% less of it. That means more death, less progress, more ignorance, fewer experts, fewer educated people, all to make billionaires wealthier.
Returning to the US from Tokyo feels like returning to a war zone. 戻りたくない…
May 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Returning to the US from Tokyo feels like returning to a war zone. 戻りたくない…
Academic admin life right now...
February 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Academic admin life right now...
Hey, in case you needed to know, PDX is now one of the world’s most beautiful airports. I want to be back there, amidst the timber and tranquility.
December 6, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Hey, in case you needed to know, PDX is now one of the world’s most beautiful airports. I want to be back there, amidst the timber and tranquility.