February 5, 2012
Last week, Google announced a new, simplified privacy policy. They did a great job of informing users that the privacy policy had been changed through emails and notifications, and several experts (including Ontario’s Privacy Commissioner Dr. Ann Cavoukian) have praised the shift toward a simpler, more unified policy. Unfortunately, while the policy might be easier to understand, Google did a less impressive job of publicly explaining what in the policy had actually been changed. In fact, it took a letter from eight Representatives to persuade them to provide straightforward answers to the public about their new policy. Here’s what you need to know about the substantive changes in the new policy:
What Actually Changed in Google’s Privacy Policy | Electronic Frontier FoundationFebruary 4, 2012
Why is pop music the only art form that still inspires such arrantly stupid discussion? The debates that surround authenticity have no relationship to popular music as it’s been practiced for more than a century. Artists write material, alone or with assistance, revise it, and then present a final work created with the help of professionals who are trained for specific and relevant production tasks. This makes popular music similar to film, television, visual art, books, dance, and related areas like food and fashion. And yet no movie review begins, “Meryl Streep, despite not being a Prime Minister, is reasonably convincing in ‘The Iron Lady.’
Lana Del Rey’s Image on “Born to Die” : The New YorkerThe winners solve a number of problems in new ways, from Ford’s smart dashboards to Sifteo’s novel games to a system to help make cell phones easier for the elderly.
The Best Of The Best: The IxDA Selects The Best Interaction Design Of 2012 | Co.Design: business innovation designFebruary 2, 2012
Beatbox MGMT - Kids (by Pytrantula)
Stuntbusters: Car Flip At 1000 FPS (by SPEED)
Q: Do TIGERS like catnip?? (by BigCatRescue)
Do Big Cats Purr? (by BigCatRescue)
The craft of your career comes in picking the right hills. Hills just challenging enough that you can barely make it over. A series of hills becomes a mountain, and a series of mountains is a career.
Seth’s Blog: An endless series of difficult but achievable hillsFor every subject, there are really only two things you really need to know. Everything else is the application of those two things, or just not important.
The Two ThingsFebruary 1, 2012
January 30, 2012
The Muppets Attack Fox News (by LeicesterSquareTV)
