Author Archives: Davy
fdsdfsdfZuckerberg Plans to Integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger
The New York Times: To assuage concerns, Mr. Zuckerberg called a follow-up meeting with WhatsApp employees a few days later, three of the people said. On Dec. 7, employees gathered around microphones at the WhatsApp offices to ask him why he was so invested in merging the services. Some said his answers were vague and […]
iPad Pro – A new way to go behind the scenes
Ik ben zo zot van mijn iPad Pro omdat die het echt, echt, echt ontzettend makkelijk maakt om content te creëren. En daardoor krijg je daar ook zin in. Zie ook dit (reclame)filmpje van Apple: Luma Fusion (❤️) is eigenhandig dé app die mij zin deed krijgen om filmpjes te maken.
For AirPods early adopters, Apple’s hit wireless earbuds are showing their age
Zac Hall op 9to5mac: But batteries are consumable, we all know so well now, and that’s proven true for the tiny batteries inside AirPods after two years of daily use. Battery life that once exceeded five hours now struggles to power AirPods through three hours of continuous usage at the same volume. Exact hetzelfde: vroeger […]
We Are Bad at Moderation (Or: Why I’m Deleting Twitter and Instagram From my iPhone)
Shawn Blanc: And can you guess the thing in my life which I consider to be not very essential but which is receiving more of my time and attention than I think it deserves? Social media. Ik heb het tijdens de kerstvakantie geprobeerd en daarna terug hervallen.Na het lezen van deze blogpost toch terug Twitter […]
Facebook Moves to Block Ad Transparency Tools — Including Ours
Pro Publica: The latest move comes a few months after Facebook executives urged ProPublica to shut down its ad transparency project. In August, Facebook ads product management director Rob Leathern acknowledged ProPublica’s project “serves an important purpose.” But he said, “We’re going to start enforcing on the existing terms of service that we have.” He […]
(Luistertip) You Are Not So Smart – 145 – Team Human
Douglas Rushkoff, die hier ook al enkele keren voorbij kwam, stelt zijn nieuwe boek voor in deze uitstekende podcast. Een boek dat ik onmiddellijk kocht.
The Covington Scissor
Interessante omschrijving van een gekend concept: When you start arguing with someone over a Scissor statement, Alexander’s narrator explains, “at first you just think they’re an imbecile. Then they call you an imbecile, and you want to defend yourself. … You notice all the little ways they’re lying to you and themselves and their audience […]
Meet the man behind a third of what’s on Wikipedia
Zotjes: The idea of making it all free fascinates me. My mother grew up in the Soviet Union … So I’m very conscious of what, what it can mean to make knowledge free, to make information free.
A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Carolyn Kormann voor The New Yorker: Of all the plastic waste ever created, only about nine per cent has been recycled.
Thinking Outside the Black Box
Douglas Rushkoff op Medium: The gap between who we are and who the platform’s algorithms say we are may just represent the tiny bit of human mystery we have left. We must cherish it and cultivate it in ourselves and everyone we meet. Then maybe we can finally log off and relearn how to be […]