Monthly Archives: augustus 2018
A 4-Day Workweek? A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result
Dit geloof ik echt keihard: Their actual job performance didn’t change when doing it over four days instead of five. Kunnen we dat niet gewoon invoeren?
Twitter and Shadow Banning
MJ Tsai: I guess I have no way of knowing whether any tweets have been hidden from me by Twitter’s ranking algorithm. As far as I know, no one I follow has complained about being censored. But I would prefer to just always see everything. If someone I follow is posting bad stuff, I want […]
The Expensive Education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley
Kara Swisher, nu bij The New York Times: The arms race metaphor is a good one, but not for the reasons Facebook intended. Here’s how I see it: Facebook, as well as Twitter and Google’s YouTube, have become the digital arms dealers of the modern age.
Stumbles? What Stumbles? Big Tech Is as Strong as Ever
Farhad Manjoo, on a roll, bij The New York Times: Despite the public outcry, the five are all expanding their foothold in our lives, and the forces arrayed against them, which range from regulation to apathy, aren’t having a substantial impact. To the extent that the five companies face meaningful competition, it is usually from […]