This is a cross-post between WordPress and Medium. I’ve been writing for more years than I can remember – spanning all sorts of things, from song lyrics and travel writing to technical instructions and book forewords. I’ve yet to complete a full length book, but I did manage to hit a different achievement this year, … Continue reading “Thing 19: Altmetrics”
Category: Google
Thing 9 : Google Hangout
I have been using google hangout since 2012. Contacting various peoples using it. I used it a lot when sharing my screen through the chats…
Evil Auto Complete?
There are also evil women. I didn’t go looking for them either. This is what I type: “a-r-e w-o-m-e-n”. And Google offers me just two choices, the first of which is: “Are women evil?” I press return. Yes, they are. Every one of the 10 results “confirms” that they are, including the top one, from […]
Turning off some Google juice, back to thing 4
Although I’ve not been blogging about all of the 23 things, I’ve though a little about most of them. This item from my feed reader: Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking – ProPublica got me thinking more about thing 4 digital security To opt-out of Google’s identified tracking, visit the Activity […]
Thing 3: On Digital Footprints
Thing 3, post 2, week which? Keeping going, keeping going – this feels like one of those things that I’d regret not making it to the end of. There’s evidently so much more engagement that can be done here, but I think I need to feel like I’ve got my feet under the table first … Continue reading “Thing 3: On Digital Footprints”