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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

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

If Twitter still seems all @#. to you…

Don’t be daunted by Twitter’s strange conventions: here is a guide for beginners and experts alike to its many features.

February 27, 2016 General, Macs, Technology

Is brevity the soul of the abrupt, rude, and offensive?

Is Twitter’s 140 character limit the case of so much rudeness and offensive behaviour? Ask Richard Dawkins.

January 31, 2016 General, Language, Life, Macs, Technology

A lesson in control systems from the online social lab

Because social media only have tools of approval, these set up positive feedback loops, which amplify the bad.

August 13, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Bully Off

All too commonly those who should square up to bullies fail to do so.

June 17, 2015 General, Life, Macs

Limited Access

Although we like to claim how rapidly modern technology is changing the world, and not just Western society, I am not so impressed.

June 12, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

Popular vote or social engineering

Even the least money-motivated of us become tempted to play to the gallery, and their view statistics.

June 5, 2015 General, Life, Macs, Technology

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