musings and one liners

Category: Social

Apple Vision Pro

I’m excited about the possibilities Apple mentioned for the Vision Pro mixed reality headset. It’s getting us closer to the Cyberspace imagined by William Gibson et.al!

Imagine a world where many more billions of people live and work with a lot less personal space than we have today.… Continued

June 6, 2023
WarGames

Kommentar Heise: Erstaunlich wie erschreckend: Alle Themen aus “WarGames” sind 40 Jahre später noch aktuell. Noch immer gibt es Passwörter und Wege werden, sie zu ergaunern. Die Angst vor einem Einsatz von Atomraketen bleibt. Szenarien werden von Computern durchgespielt.… Continued

June 4, 2023
A decade in Russia

Can’t believe it’s already 10 years that he’s holed up in Russia, despite everything he said back then turning out to be true!

10 Years After Snowden: Some Things Are Better, Some We’re Still Fighting For

May 24, 2023
Personal Analyst

This is going to be interesting! Here’s what I asked Ben:

What’s going to be next in Social Media, now that Twitter is going the way of MySpace?

Consider me your personal analyst

May 23, 2023
Streisand Effect

From the “things that couldn’t exist without the internet” department…

Twenty Years Ago: Barbra Streisand Sued A Photographer And The Streisand Effect Was Born

May 23, 2023
The Dark Side of Technology

The Dark Side of Technology:

I’m going to disrupt the Silicon Valley script. You know the one. Every talk or article coming out of Silicon Valley follows the prescribed template: start with a dazzling description of awesome new digital technologies and then proceed to explore all the wonderful benefits and opportunities that these technologies will bring to us.… Continued

January 25, 2014
John Hagel about Innovation at the Edge

Very thoughtful Interview with John Hagel, done by Stowe Boyd. This is my favorite quote:

[About innovation] The design of the workplace, the information have been configured around the process as the center of the action. Our view is the only place to start — having being involved in organizational change for thirty years now, with many large companies — is at the edge of the business.… Continued

May 19, 2013
Data Science of the Facebook World

Not everybody knows How to Tell a Story with Data:

So how does a visual designer tell a story with a visualization? The analysis has to find the story that the data supports. Traditional journalism does this all the time, and journalists have become very good at storytelling with visualization via infographics.… Continued

April 28, 2013
Washington State Allows Third Parties To Brand Youthful Offenders For Life At The Low, Low Price Of Only 69¢ A Record

This is why we need strong data protection globally, not just in CH and EU. Washington State Allows Third Parties To Brand Youthful Offenders For Life At The Low, Low Price Of Only 69¢ A Record.

April 27, 2013