My Xbox broke, and I was trying to Google some possible technical solutions, when I noticed that Google appears to be encouraging me to make a typo. I suppose it’s possible that Google’s algorithms know that typing “wont” instead of “won’t” would produce better results.
On the other hand, when I tried the test for multitasking, I was pretty abysmal. I performed worse than people who identify themselves as heavy multitaskers, and those who identify as low multitaskers.
I finally got around to trying out the interactive “test your distractability and multitasking” page at the New York Times, which they put up alongside their story earlier this month about how computer distractions are eroding our lives.
According to the test, I guess I have good focus — I’m not very distractable!
After seeing today’s custom Google logo — a functioning version of Pac-Man — it reminded me of reading this book back when I was 14 and learning the patterns to “beat” the game. There were three patterns; the third, “Bazo’s Breaker”, began at the ninth screen and lasted until either you collapsed from the strain of executing it over and over again, or you hit the 256th “kill screen” where the game itself died.
So I went to Ebay and found this copy of the book, which I just bought for 12 bucks.
greggyour: RT @dotRights: #danahboyd calls it dismantling contextual integrity = privacy violation.
mblafkin: #DanahBoyd basically saying: not worried about #privacy vs. sharing, but we ARE worried about the Worlds Colliding problem
hastac: RT @MobileBehavior: Just because people put things in public places, doesn’t mean they want them to be aggregated
namtrok: Personal (relationship based) vs Articulated vs Behavioral networks. (like location svcs) #danahboyd crossing those lines can cause issues
StaceyMonk: RT @rachelannyes: “People make information available in part to make themselves vulnerable.” That builds relationships
greggyour: RT @mr_lbs: Personal (relationship based) vs Articulated vs Behavioral networks. (like location svcs)
JosephDickerson: RT @McClennan: It’s the technologists that say privacy is dead. Many consumers still share but crave obscurity
blakecannon: RT @hastac: “Early adopters are consistently surprised at how a community changes when it becomes mainstream
CauseGlobal: RT @amandafrench: Danah Boyd has been asking nontechie users what their privacy settings are: not one has actually got it right
dotRights: #danahboyd technologists use argument that privacy is dead in order to justify their desire to make more info public
elysa: RT @drkkolmes: Last Dec, 65% Facebook users made their info public when they selected new privacy changes
dgebler: Teens want to be seen online by peers, but they don’t want to be seen by people who have power over them… namely parent
rachelannyes: “Making something that is public more public is a violation of privacy.”
smc90: interesting: teen demographic more conscious of what they gain in public, adults more conscious of what they lose
greggyour: RT @mbjorn: RT @pgillin: FB is about communicating with the ppl you already know. Twitter has become a place people find an audience
ayatlin: RT @simonmainwaring: #SXSW #danahboyd In life, private by default, public by effort is normal. In social media its the opposite.
johnmjones: Reaction to trending topics during BET awards show how “not everyone is welcome in public spaces
dotRights: #danahboyd talks about those who CANNOT embrace a public-by-default world w/o fear (political, religious, racial minorities)
Beckland: #danahboyd has influence, therefore has control of her #sm presence. Marginalized people have the opposite response to #sm #sxsw #sxswi
joncamfield: RT @hastac: danah: “How public is your kids teacher allowed to be online?” Can s/he date, be perself, etc.
dotRights: public-by-default is not the great democratizer we would like it to be.
smc90: Technologies like Chatroulette blur boundaries between privacy & publicity - expect more such mashups
Beckland: #danahboyd “there is no algorithm to parse private vs public, and changes with each person and over time”
greggyour: RT @PARCinc: Technologists: when designing social systems, you’re moving from code to living systems. Must listen to users when changing
MediaFunders: RT @lizwinks: If you are talking to your kids about privacy DO NOT start w/ “back in my day”. Ask questions
customersmarket: Oxymoronic but true - bloggers and celebs put a lot of info out there to actually maintain more privacy. I know I do that!
hesnow: The paradoxical wisdom of Angela Jolie: the more she puts out in public, the more she can maintain privacy
One of the more interesting trends is family, which came in at number five. Specifically, discussion about family, moms, dads, daughters, etc. jumped during 2009. With Facebook users getting older, this isn’t a big surprise. However, the fact that the mention of “kids” jumped by a factor of five this year is rather dramatic. It’s tough to know what this means, though. (via Facebook Unveils Most-Mentioned Topics of 2009
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