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Friday Video: How to Be Futuristic, Bruce Sterling
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Friday Video: How to Be Futuristic, Bruce Sterling

Posted on February 1, 2019January 31, 2019 by Michael Sauers

The future is a kind of history that hasn’t happened yet. The past is a kind of future that has already happened. The present moment…

Facebook’s ’10 Year Challenge’ is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?
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Facebook’s ’10 Year Challenge’ is Just a Harmless Meme—Right?

Posted on January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 by Michael Sauers

Imagine that you wanted to train a facial recognition algorithm on age-related characteristics and, more specifically, on age progression (e.g., how people are likely to…

Microsoft says the rural broadband divide is worse than you think
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Microsoft says the rural broadband divide is worse than you think

Posted on December 15, 2018December 15, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Politicians and regulators like to say they’re increasing access to broadband in rural areas, but the reality might be far less rosy. Microsoft has conducted…

How to pronounce .gif: The arguments and the rebuttals
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How to pronounce .gif: The arguments and the rebuttals

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Is it pronounced GIF (hard G) or JIF (soft G)? Let’s look at the standard arguments on both sides followed by the standard rebuttals. Argument…

Friday Video: Cory Doctorow, “Decentralize, Democratize, or Die”
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Friday Video: Cory Doctorow, “Decentralize, Democratize, or Die”

Posted on November 9, 2018November 6, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Devcon4 presentation on Nov 1, 2018 in Prague by Cory Doctorow, “Decentralize, Democratize, or Die”. https://devcon4.ethereum.org

Mashup Monday: Google location heatmap
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Mashup Monday: Google location heatmap

Posted on November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Today’s mashup is one you can create with your Google location Data. Assuming you have an Android phone and haven’t turned off location tracking, you…

Friday Video: The Facebook Dilemma
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Friday Video: The Facebook Dilemma

Posted on November 2, 2018November 2, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Facebook’s promise was to create a more open and connected world. FRONTLINE finds that multiple warnings about the platform’s negative impact on privacy and democracy…

Friday Video: Cory Doctorow “Big Tech’s problem is Big, not Tech”
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Friday Video: Cory Doctorow “Big Tech’s problem is Big, not Tech”

Posted on September 21, 2018December 15, 2018 by Michael Sauers

For decades, we fought complacency over Big Tech. That’s over. The techlash is here, and with it, a new and scarier problem: that we’ll tame…

Picular
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Picular

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Need just the right color to indicate happiness? How about for that blog post about decay? Check out Picular and search for colors by subject.

‘Weaponized Ad Technology’: Facebook’s Moneymaker Gets a Critical Eye
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‘Weaponized Ad Technology’: Facebook’s Moneymaker Gets a Critical Eye

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Michael Sauers

Facebook has made a mint by enabling advertisers to identify and reach the very people most likely to react to their messages. Ad buyers can…

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