Month: January 2018

Miranda Katz: Those numbers tend to be steady regardless of the length of the show—and according to Panoply, the few listeners who do skip ads continue to remain engaged with the episode, rather than dropping off at the first sign of an interruption. I’m fairly shocked by this, but I don’t think it’s far off […]

Zeynep Tufekci: Part of the problem with the ideal of individualized informed consent is that it assumes companies have the ability to inform us about the risks we are consenting to. They don’t. Strava surely did not intend to reveal the GPS coordinates of a possible Central Intelligence Agency annex in Mogadishu, Somalia — but […]

Pretty neat trick, it’s too bad you have to use really shitty keyboards to make it work well.

Great post. I also see a parallel here between blogs, vlogs, and podcasts.

Some great thoughts from Joe Cieplinski around using an iPad for writing. I still hold that an iPad plus a keyboard you like with Ulysses running — there’s no better setup for writing.

Adam Popescu: “Never be the first person in the group to whip out his phone,” Mr. Alford said. “Don’t be Patient Zero.” Good rule to live by.

Love this quote from Om Malik: As a passenger, sitting in back of an Uber X is like playing Russian Roulette with someone else pulling the trigger.

Nick Bilton: There’s another theory floating around as to why Facebook cares so much about the way it’s impacting the world, and it’s one that I happen to agree with. When Zuckerberg looks into his big-data crystal ball, he can see a troublesome trend occurring. A few years ago, for example, there wasn’t a single […]

Mark Sullivan: On Wednesday Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said Facebook should be regulated like a tobacco product. “I think that you do it exactly the same way that you regulated the cigarette industry,” Benioff said on CNBC’s Squawk Alley. “Here’s a product: Cigarettes. They’re addictive, they’re not good for you,” Benioff said. For someone of […]

Emma Martinho-Truswell: When the work of public servants can be done in less time, a government might reduce its staff numbers, and return money saved to taxpayers — and I am sure that some governments will pursue that option. But it’s not necessarily the one I would recommend. Governments could instead choose to invest in […]

Really nice update to the Rucker backpack. However, that’s not why I am posting about it — shit I didn’t even use my affiliate link on that. As part of the redesign, GORUCK filmed a 2 minute video, which can be found on the linked page, and it explains the Rucker redesign. But it actually […]

Zeynep Tufekci: It’s important to realize that, in using these dark posts, the Trump campaign wasn’t deviantly weaponizing an innocent tool. It was simply using Facebook exactly as it was designed to be used. The campaign did it cheaply, with Facebook staffers assisting right there in the office, as the tech company does for most […]

A few people have asked me this question since I recommend both. I did some testing over at EDW.