“I’ve data mined myself. I’ve violated my own privacy. Now I am selling it all.”
Data mining is big business—but what if Internet users could monetize their personal data on their own? New York University grad student Frederico Zannier stalked his own online activity for two months, and is now selling the data.
Will Kelly
Creative Something: How expectations hinder and help creativity
When you go into a project (or start working on something) with any expectation of how it will turn out, you’re limiting your potential.
Creativity thrives in the unknown. Expecting anything (good or bad) as an outcome of your efforts is locking you into those expectations.
Rather than thinking…
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Gmail for iOS update links Google apps directly | Slashgear
The [Gmail] app now redirects links to other Google apps, such as YouTube, Google Maps, and Chrome. Any links that appear in an email in the Gmail app will automatically go to one of these three apps if installed on your iOS device
Smart workaround to iOS’s inability to let users choose what app links open in. I presume other apps will follow Google’s lead on this one.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/d1bf2b6595276b8bb049c5967d35d100/tumblr_mme666TuPa1qij315o1_500.jpg)
Gmail for iOS update links Google apps directly | Slashgear
The [Gmail] app now redirects links to other Google apps, such as YouTube, Google Maps, and Chrome. Any links that appear in an email in the Gmail app will automatically go to one of these three apps if installed on your iOS device
Smart workaround to iOS’s inability to let users choose what app links open in. I presume other apps will follow Google’s lead on this one.
In a new campaign, Reporters Without Borders shows world leaders flipping you off.
All the leaders depicted are of the nondemocratic sort that some might label dictators—the kind who might restrict the freedom that journalists enjoy in other parts of the world with the kind of gleeful “f*ck you” depicted here.
Why I Gave Up Job Security to Go Freelance
When I was a child, dreaming about being a veterinarian, I believed that my career would be determined by my passions. I thought that whatever made me the happiest would be the way I spent my days. By the time I got to high school, I was considering business management or marketing—I thought that a substantial paycheck would be the most influential factor in my occupational pursuits.
Almost all of the Pentagon’s 600,000 smartphone users currently tote BlackBerry devices in their holsters, but that’s about to change.
The Pentagon has given the green light to both Apple and Samsung to bid for the smartphone and tablet business contracts for its defense staff.
25% of teens use cell phones to get online. Among adults it’s 15%. (Full graphic and report via pewinternet)
New analysis out today from our friends over at People Press shows that young adults were as likely to follow news regarding the Boston bombing online as on TV. Specifically:
- Overall, 63% say they followed news about the Boston attack very closely, the highest level of interest for any story since the 2008 financial crisis.
- A majority of young people (56%) say they kept up with news and information about the bombings on social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
- Overall, 26% say they have been keeping up with news and information about the bombing at the Boston Marathon through social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter.
- 80% of Americans followed the story on TV. About half (49%) say they kept up with news and information online or on a mobile device, and 38% followed the story on the radio.
- Only 29% say they kept up with the story in newspapers.
Full analysis: http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/23/most-expect-occasional-acts-of-terrorism-in-the-future/
