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  • Living and Creating Online: Part 1

    An interesting phenomenon has been happening with my life recently. I’m moving a ridiculous amount of data online. Just look at the sidebar of this blog to see all the data I have online that is publicly available to anyone. You have what products I am interested in buying, what I am reading online, photos […]

  • The Chasm Will Never Be Crossed

    A recent blog post on technology adoption made it’s way to me. The premise of the post is the idea that technology is starting to become so ubiquitous that youth are accepting technology without any hesitation or any great caution. Ummm, no. This is the same sort of theory that has been passed around from […]

  • links for 2008-05-18

    NBC-Vista copy-protection snafu reminds us why DRM stinks DRM bites no matter how it is implemented for exactly this sort of accidental elimation of even basic user rights. (tags: drm microsoft media dvr video copyright) CCTV boom has failed to slash crime, say police | UK news | The Guardian Just in case you thought […]

  • links for 2008-05-17

    An Apple a Day: The Top Ten Rants on Twitter (tags: twitter culture psychology) Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger » Blog Archive Mike Arrington is Right, Facebook is Wrong « Does Facebook have the right to block FriendConnect and what is the most important thing to consider when looking at data portiabilty. (tags: facebook scoble […]

  • links for 2008-05-15

    BBC NEWS | Americas | Edwards endorses Obama in US race (tags: politics obama usa) Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog: JavaFX as Rich Internet Application Platform Sun’s CEO comments on what happened in the last JavaOne Conference, focusing on JavaFX. (tags: java air programming javafx sunmicrosystems) Andy Carvin’s Waste of Bandwidth: Almost Arrested for Taking Photos at […]

  • links for 2008-05-14

    Privacy: Charter To Begin Tracking Users’ Searches And Inserting Targeted Ads Thanks Charter messing with my internet service, just what I wanted. (tags: advertising internet privacy isp security) Study shows that stimuli unrelated to decision can still influence men’s choices Sex really does sell, in case you were worried. (tags: sexual business marketing psychology advertising) […]

  • The Rise of the Generalist

    Recently Steve Rubel posted about What’s the Future Like for a “Renaissance Man” in a Connected World?. In this post he discuses how even though we would think that with the internet an individual could have broad knowledge about the world, instead people specialize in their particular area of expertise. He then says that he […]

  • Soon We Will All Be Stalkable

    Sorry for the lack of posting over the last few weeks. I had finals and yeah that is ’nuff’ said. Something interesting has been occurring over the last several weeks though with regards to Facebook. I now have just about the entirety of my family whom I communicate with me on Facebook, even my mom […]

  • links for 2008-05-13

    2.99 Gas – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog Chrysler has a new program that guartnees 2.99 a gallon gas for new owners of Chrylser cars, amazing idea. (tags: chrysler cars economics gas business) Dumbest Generation? Is this dumbest generation, Eric Burke takes on that question and wins. (tags: education youth) Feministing: Yogurt: […]

  • links for 2008-05-12

    BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » If pigs could fly A tale of an airline’s stupidity and bad customer service. (tags: customerservice airlines) Cognitive Daily: Perceived moral blame can change the memory of a crime Interesting research into how we perceive someone can change our attitude towards them in terms of accountabiliaty towards a crime. (tags: […]

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