cubicgarden @cubicgarden@twit.social
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Senior firestarter at BBC RD, emergent technology expert and serial social geek event organiser.
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Joined Jan 2021
The Unfinished conference is looking pretty great.
https://live.unfinished.com
Free for online viewers too.
The future is decentralised...
Quite like the dressing down Google & Facebook got in the UK today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_HC_jW5ZIM
Wondering if similar is happening in other countries or not?
When I see this how Facebook was aware of instagram's affect on teen girls - https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/14/facebook-aware-instagram-harmful-effect-teenage-girls-leak-reveals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHg-lKfxqew
I am so sadden and speechless but always think about the atlantic piece "Facebook is a doomsday machine" - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/12/facebook-doomsday-machine/617384/
Found Cory Doctorow's piece about why he aurgues with people in the open really interesting.
https://onezero.medium.com/twitter-arguments-ef50dca9f45f
I do find this piece quite interesting.
In Europe, we are looking to create alternatives rather than work within the big corps.
So glad for this... At long last Google has finally added the ability to block people via Google Drive
https://support.google.com/drive/answer/10613533
Got so much spam via Gdrive sharing
Nice review of Social Warming as mentioned on Twit
Got to say this is pretty cool stuff from Mozilla, who are totally embracing their trusted position in the browser/data ecosystem
New Study Says AI Is Driving Your Dating App Choices Technology
Its shocking to see the reaction to the UK's ICO's cookie guidence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOei5vMhgD0
I understand the sensitivity but we need to respect peoples personal decisions. Yes its going to be painful but for example, I accept cookies on sites which provide value to me. I reject on ones which do not. The wild west of cookies is coming to an end.
I would click accept on twit.tv and I do live in the UK.
Quite like the little Youtube short/drama the FT has done - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WTpO9y2Dh4
Its quite UK focused but aspects apply across different countries, companies and governments as they bring in more survillence systems.
Say after me #blackmirror but for real
Listening to Tech news weekly, I'm sure the story about Facebook not informing users isn't possible in the EU under GDPR? - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-data-leak-idUSKBN2BU2ZY
RT @scalzi@twitter.com
It's never too late to go back to the blogs, people.
https://thehypothesis.substack.com/p/heres-why-substacks-scam-worked-so
In the last hour of work I have done, zoom, teams and jitsi. Then I'm listening to Twit talking about zoom burn out :D
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US Politics
I'm surprised the hike to a $15 minimum wage being debated in the US Congress is so controversial.
When I was in high school in 1972 I worked at McDonald's for $3.25/hour. In 2021 dollars that's $21/hour.
$15 is the LEAST we should do.
Great to hear Leo talk about the Fediverse on All about Google - https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/598
No mention of the Mozilla internet health report 2020 on #twit?
https://2020.internethealthreport.org/
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Speaking of which, Sunday our finance expert, TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm will join Philip-Elmer Dewitt and Christina Warren on TWiT. 
Topic #1: /r/WallStreetBets vs the world. What a fascinating story!
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Senior firestarter at BBC RD, emergent technology expert and serial social geek event organiser.
http://www.cubicgarden.com | @cubicgarden@twitter.com
Joined Jan 2021
