Beautiful 2014 Year in Review of Movies by @letterboxd.
A better alternative to habit-forming apps: make technology that helps us spend our time well. Have a look at this amazing talk by Tristan Harris (was lucky enough to be there myself that day in Brussels).
Companies are trying to make habit-forming products and monopolise our attention. See this article from @TheEconomist on “How digital firms create products that get inside people’s heads”.
According to this paper (Narayanan and Felten, 2014), “non-personally identifiable information” in online advertising could still be used with re-identification techniques.
Do you also feel that online advertising is getting very specific? Learn more about online behavioural advertising & protecting your privacy from this guide at Your Online Choice.
“Chance favours the prepared mind.” - Louis Pasteur (loosely translated)
On the disappearing of technology: Simplicity and Utility, or, Why SOAP Lost.