I recently read an article titled “How One Woman Hid Her Pregnancy From Big Data”. In the article, Janet Vertesi, assistant professor of sociology at Princeton University, attempts to hide her pregnancy from marketers by employing the following basic strategies:…
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Passwords: General Recommendations
Several months ago I decided to start keeping track of all my accounts that required a login and password. Since I first posted on this topic in September, I have created a list with 60+ different accounts, all requiring a…
Interruption Disruption
Remember when an interruption used to be seen as a disruption? Now it seems strange to me if I have a conversation with somebody that isn’t checking his/her phone. It was the kind of behavior that just happened without ever…
Learning the Language: Anatomy of a Website
I am a huge fan of using google to find answers. Or watching instructional videos on YouTube to learn how to do something. They are both great services, but only if you know what question to ask. Recently I’ve been…
The Human Touch: Forgive and Forget
We forget where we put things, people’s names or what we ate for breakfast this morning. Now we forget, in addition to the aforementioned things: documents we created what’s on our hard drives important email conversations the thousands of images…