You see it all the time on Facebook: “Our previous winner of this car/boat/RV didn’t claim their prize, so now is your chance to win!“. As you may have guessed, there is no “previous winner” or even a prize — it’s all just a hoax. But why? “Like” Farming The scammers are building what’s known […]
Social
Who’s listening – Facebook or Baader-Meinhof?
Facebook isn’t listening to your phone, but creepy things can still happen. I had a few things come up today that were assuredly random, but felt like someone might be listening. At lunch today, we talked about the Fyre Festival. It was the first I’d heard of it, but now I’m watching documentaries to learn […]
Fight to avoid the filter bubble
The “filter bubble” is a phrase coined by Eli Parser after he noticed that a search for “BP” came up with very different results for different people. You’ve likely seem similar things on Facebook and Google. Last year Bill Gates said: “(Technologies such as social media) lets you go off with like-minded people, so you’re […]
My new morning routine
A few weeks ago I was inspired by an episode of the Contactually podcast to work on setting a more focused morning routine. As I began working on building a good routine, Adam Walker talked about a great app during this episode of the Tech Talk Y’all podcast called “Morning Routine”. That app is only […]