Have you noticed the same ads showing up in different places? Have you had the sneaky feeling you’re being watched? You mention something on your phone, then ads start showing up for that? Welcome to the connected world! (more…)
Do you remember Snapz Pro? That wonderful screen utility for the Mac that would capture anything? Well, it died with El Capitan and OS Sierra! My favorite feature, screen section to clip board, is saved by Firefox! Thank you Firefox!
Change your password now. Seriously. The cybercrime industry has become so sophisticated they can run as many as 40-million tests per second on your password! This is bad. (more…)
Are you waiting? How does it make you feel? Do you feel like you are accomplishing something? Good. That’s exactly what the web designers want you to think. (more…)
John Battelle has written a most thoughtful essay on the GDPR that opens questions that, so far, nobody wants to answer. (more…)
You should read this if you use Amazon. We are beginning to see that the true fabric of the online commerce industry is all about making a buck. It’s not that different from the brick and mortar world, but now on a grand scale, requiring no work. The leading tech mongers have programmed themselves into deliriously extravagant profits with fewer and fewer costs — and they don’t mind whose backs they stab in the process. (more…)
Have we reached the point where real is not real? Is there really is an ‘alternative’ news? Can you tell who the real Obama is? You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!
I’ve been following AI and emerging technologies and how they can help the graphic design, marketing and advertising industries. Imagine using the viewer’s big data, purchased from the big data brokers, and superimposing their faces and voices into a TV commercial for insurance. Imagine seeing YOUR face, in a terrible auto accident or performing shocking acts in an adult movie? Or, you can have Donald Trump deliver your sales pitch in a radio ad. Yes, it’s a little scary, but there’s an app for that.
As this story unfolds we see an almost unfathomable future. I’m not going to write ten thousand words on this because so many people are richly pontificating on it already. Below, I’ll provide some of my links collected … you may be amazed, and just a little bit scared.
And, thanks for reading …
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While checking my Medium feed, I ran across Caitlin Johnstone’s column. She’s one of the first writers I’ve seen recently with some true grit about calling a spade a spade. She often hacks on a topic we ALL should be concerned with, so I recommend this highly . . .
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