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News travels faster than thought

Communication by telegraph and telephone leave no time for reflection or consultation and demand an immediate and often hasty decision (1917).

September 28, 2019 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Forgetting Facebook and annulling notifications

Which do you prefer: Facebook or Twitter? For me the choice was simple, and Facebook’s response has only reinforced my decision.

May 11, 2017 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Last week on my Mac: Tracking and privacy, and the hidden OS X update

Social media and ad trackers do not operate to acceptable standards of privacy. And Apple just sprung us a minor update to OS X, not just a security update.

September 4, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Facebook’s bazaar interface: not for humans

Facebook has become a stochastic bazaar: utterly random, unpredictable, and a human interface mess.

July 19, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

How ranking may be polarising society

Facebook, Google, Amazon, and others now use AI to make choices for us. Are they changing our opinions too?

July 6, 2016 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Words or movies for telling stories

Is video “the best way to tell stories”? Is live-streaming the way ahead for social media? Or is this just marketing hype?

June 21, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Painting, Technology

Six stand against the UK’s Investigatory Powers Bill

Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo together have a lot of clout. More than the UK government?

March 25, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Scareware targeting OS X (updated)

Johannes Ullrich has just reported some scareware which could trouble OS X users. This is detailed in his […]

February 5, 2016 Macs, Technology

Don’t get cached out: the perils of cached data

Sometimes cached data are not as concealed or transient as we might wish. Don’t get cached out by them.

January 26, 2016 Language, Macs, Technology

Unexpected cucumbers and online services

When is the last time that an online service caused you to have an unexpected cucumber experience?

November 24, 2015 General, Macs, Technology

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