Category: The Internet & Media
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Dollars for Data
Posted in: The Internet & MediaDo you ever stop to think about how much data is being collected on you daily by everyone from Google to your bank? Did you ever give them permission to do so? Well, in some cases you may have via the checkbox at that massive ‘Terms of Service’ document that no one reads, but the…
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Arizona Cardinals Give Players ‘Phone Breaks’
Posted in: The Internet & Media“Alright Gentlemen, let’s take 5 and check your notifications!” Interesting article on Cal Newport’s blog, about an NFL Coach giving his players phone breaks during team functions. (Do you know what lasts much longer than 20 – 30 minutes? NFL games. And there are no phone breaks once you’re on the field.) Instead of accommodating his…
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They Got Instagram Now, Too
Posted in: The Internet & MediaBack when I started dumping my social media accounts – for various reasons – the one I held on to the longest, almost a year longer than the others, was Instagram. I liked that it was primarily photo based and that seemed to invite people to post a different kind of content. There was little…
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‘Light ‘ Phone Experiment Observations
So back in my post about the Light Phone 2 – I decided to give it a go with setting up my iPhone as much like a Light Phone 2 as possible and give it 2 weeks. Visit my first post to see what I stripped the phone down to. Here’s some observations. Day Two…
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Apple ‘Light’ Phone Experiment
My buddy Steve posted over on his site about ordering up one of the forthcoming Light Phone 2’s – basically a stripped down phone that does calls, messaging and that’s about it. The prospect was appealing to me, and fatefully enough checking with my mobility provider tells me that the contract is up on my…
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Gerry McGovern on ‘FANG’
Posted in: The Internet & MediaAround 10 years ago I was able to attend a seminar locally given by Gerry McGovern about effective web content and site architecture that was very informative and to this day still impacts how I look to structure websites for clients when I sit down to design them. Since then I’ve subscribed to Gerry’s email…