Lately my friends and I seem to fall into two camps – those who don’t see issues with Facebook’s new privacy policies, and those who do. I am way more freaked out by the privacy issues linked to always-on location services than I am by Google search results. Surveillance, anyone? (But that could be because [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Shrinking Privacy, Rising Transparency
Posted in Technology, tagged linkedin on December 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Information Flow
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized, tagged linkedin on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When I really get to thinking about information and technology, it ends up being visual to me. I can see myself standing in a Tron-like vector-based grid with information flowing around me. I can reach up and select the pieces I want. Magnify them. Consider them. Make them part of my own consciousness, my own [...]
Review: Caravan of Thieves and Works Progress Administration
Posted in Uncategorized on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I went to the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago to see Caravan of Thieves and Works Progress Administration. First, a bit about the venue. The School’s theater is cozy and intimate. It allows performers to see the audience. The ambiance is relaxed. The bands were relaxed and the whole show [...]
