WATTM by beeple
We are the Transparent Machines™
Our society is obsessed with the conflicting concepts of transparency and privacy. Explores the contradictory nature of our actions and beliefs regarding transparency.
Must see!
:bread: Ello
‘Facebook Killer’ Ello Hatches Plan To Stay Ad-Free Forever by Wired
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Ello Takes $5.5 Million in VC Money, Signs a Legally-Binding Charter to Never Sell Ads or Data by Betabeat
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Our investment in Ello by the Foundry Group. Revised perception: investors are not all vultures.
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Proof it is still possible to create ‘change’ and how social platforms can operate. And be good for everyone. And yes, profit.
Read the official Ello announcement by Paul Budnitz and .pdf which includes all signees.
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Lastly, to all the cynics – pessimists and naysayers!
Read my .gif
by Berger & Föhr
12 Thoughts on presenting work for approval by Berger & Föhr
1 – Be prepared.
2 – Optimize the space.
3 – Create inspirational context.
4 – Restate the goals of the project.
5 – Reveal the work slowly.
6 – Take a strong stance.
7 – Handle color delicately.
8 – Share idea ownership.
9 – Build up to a critical moment.
10 – Summarize.
11 – Exercise Patience.
12 – Communicate next steps.
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More thoughts on DesignValu.es
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If you wonder who the heck they are? Berger & Föhr are co-founders at Ello alongside Paul Budnitz and the partners at Modeset
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Excerpt from the manifesto:
We believe a social network can be a tool for empowerment. Not a tool to deceive, coerce and manipulate — but a place to connect, create and celebrate life.
You are not a product.
Facebook <./DELETION.>
How to completely delete Facebook from your life by Kyli Singh
Becoming Facebook-free requires more steps than just hitting the delete button. Here’s how to make sure your account is gone for good.
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If you’re serious about deleting Facebook ready yourself for some serious work.
Bookmark(ed) step-by-step for later use.
$$$ocial media
so.cial definitions:
Adjective: relating to or designed for activities in which people meet each other.
Noun: an informal social gathering, especially one organized by the members of a particular club or group.
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Well it seems that being a ‘social media’ user just reached another low. In past week, both Path and foursquare split their apps in 2 – without any consultation – or advance warnings.
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In the case of Path, particularly aggravating – is that all private messages were deleted and moved to ‘ephemeral’ aka lasting 24h – and msg to go through ‘other’ app Talk.
Never was offered to do preemptive back-up. The loss is terrible. Many important discussions – some critical were tossed out without any regards to ‘us’. I feel deeply betrayed. And I am not alone.
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Tested install and guess what? App asked (again?!?!?) to have access to my Contacts – with a meager reassurance that ‘they would never contact them before letting me know about it.’
Yeah sure.
(And it seems like the 800k$ fine didn’t ram much wisdom.)
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Even ‘Premium’ members got no ‘special’ treatment. Everyone and everything wiped out. So much for respecting their mission of providing a secure private network where to have ‘meaningful conversations’.
Dave Morin (ex-Facebook) and team have dropped the ball in a majestic way – alienating their loyal ‘supporters’ (for in the end – who cares for stickers really).
Little do they know – I won’t renew (and many others won’t either) – a sustantial drop of income is to expect.
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As for foursquare – it’s simple and drastic: I couldn’t check-in anymore. Period. Like it or not I HAD to download and start using Swarm.. (because they are preparing a ‘new’ 4sq). No option. Get going girl.
That logo color reminds me of Gowalla which was swallowed by Frackbook – and did the same to all their users. We were dumped out of the service overnight.
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I am hereby solemnly and immediately requesting a rewording of Social media to $ocial media.
Eyes on the Road
Vokswagen ‘Eyes on the Road‘ ad (video) inspires road safety. Unsuspecting viewers sitting in a theatre waiting for the feature to start – and blah as we all are while waiting for ads to finish – get a mighty jolting wake-up call – and feel first-hand the danger of driving and mobile useage.
Tech-wise: uses a location-based broadcaster (wifi). Must see! Brilliant!
Watch out!
Time to worry! It’s complicated: Facebook’s history of tracking you. Facebook is launching an aggressive technique to track people across the Web by Julia Angwin.
Even if you are logged out!
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Ghostery has a Chrome + Firefox + IE (seems to rem) + Safari + Opera extensions to use to see who is tracking you and to configure what / who you want to block.
