Pew Research: Americans Who Mainly Get Their News on Social Media Are Less Engaged, Less Knowledgeable
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The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom
NYTimes: The Lesson We Are Learning From Zoom
Unfortunately, I’m not sure we ever learn this lesson about privacy.
Brian Chen has some advice at the end of this article we should all follow:
… be mindful of what it means to tell others to use a product with weak data security. Try to avoid using it for sensitive matters, like work meetings that discuss trade secrets.
Yelp and Automatic Gofundme Campaigns
Yelp and Gofundme decided to automatically create Gofundme campaigns for businesses and promote them on Yelp. Then, they decided to make it opt-in only after backlash from business owners.
Maybe their heart was in the right place. However, Yelp should have resisted the idea of soliciting donations on behalf of a business without the business owner’s knowledge or permission.
This reminds me a bit of Grubhub’s actions recently. While it is a very different situation, it is still a tech company doing things that might affect a business, without the business owner’s consent or knowledge.
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So We’re Working From Home. Can the Internet Handle It?
NY Times: So We’re Working From Home. Can the Internet Handle It?
Love this drawing by the way…
Herbie Hancock and His Computer Musical Instrument
In this video from 1984, Herbie Hancock shows Quincy Jones what his synths can do. After Herbie jams for a bit, he has some sage words about the role of machines in our lives that still hold true today.
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