01 2018 October
How To Separate Meaningful Data From Quantified Bullshit
Last year I got my test results from the 23andMe genetic testing and found it to be fascinatingly useless. The numbers told me I was...
Read Now23 2018 August
Why Facebook Rating Your Trustworthiness Is Good News
The Washington Post story this week revealing the “previously unreported ratings system” used by Facebook to rate the trustworthiness of users on a scale of zero...
Read Now12 2018 August
Why Netflix Uses Taste Communities Instead of Demographics
Last week Netflix announced that they would be stopping their long standing policy of asking customers to vote on early pilots for programs to see...
Read Now01 2018 July
5 Dangerously Futuristic Features Facebook Is Quietly Testing
Facebook is fond of running experiments, even though in the past this hasn’t gone so well. Yet these missteps haven’t stopped them from trying. Over...
Read Now16 2018 February
Gender At The Olympics, Diesel Sells Fake Products and Why Apple’s Homepod Is A Bad Buy
The value of branding was questioned in a few stories this week, including one of a perfume store selling scents without the “noise” of marketing...
Read Now02 2018 February
Why Are Icelanders So Creative? Hint – It’s Not Their Environment
The power of empathy was a big theme this week, in stories from Amnesty International and a “robotherapy” chatbot. Both look at new and interesting...
Read Now01 2017 November
A Store With Nothing To Sell Helps You Reclaim Your Online Privacy
Visit this "Data Detox" store to take back control of your online privacy.
Read Now11 2017 October
Google Buys Apple, Smart Hacker Probably Makes Millions
Did you hear Google was buying Apple for only $9b? The story went out over the wires earlier this week and immediately triggered automated investment...
Read Now24 2017 August
The Mask That Displays Your Emotions In Real Time
Rather than wearing your emotions on your sleeve, a new product called the Hyperface lets you wear them on your face. The idea from London-based...
Read Now15 2017 August
Writer Of Str@nge% Password Guidelines Finally Admits He Was Wrong
If you ever wanted someone to blame for having to change your password every 90 days – last week the world found out who that...
Read Now13 2017 August
How To Separate Macro Trends From Micro Trends
The team at WGSN produces some great trend insights primarily in for the fashion sector and recently launched their “Anatomy of a Trend” white paper...
Read Now12 2017 August
What If Smart Home Devices Sold What They Know About You?
If your smart robot vacuum cleaner created a map of your home in the process of cleaning it, that data could provide new insights to...
Read Now04 2017 August
6 Shifts In How Data Is Transforming Healthcare
The new PSFK Future of Health report is out and a central theme is that data is driving personalization of diagnosis, treatment and overall clinical...
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