Universe

Google is the Papparazzi

Google is the Paparazzi of the Internet. They don't limit their stalking to people of fame, they target everybody. They covertly track users everywhere: on their sites, on other sites, at your home, on the road. Text, facial, and voice. Digitally, physically, mentally and spiritually. Instead of a camera they use spyware, malware, and adware that they call software (and they use cameras). Search, Maps, Android, Gmail- they didn't make these out of kindness- these are surveilence tools. Like paparazzi, they use your discreetly taken information and sell access to the highest bidder (advertisers).

A Search for Better Results

• Business
• Design
• Tech

A guide book for how to compete against Google. DuckDuckgo could fairly quickly step up their game (which is already impressive) with some improvements to…

Rating Ratings

• Design

Since the dawn of of our species man has looked to the heavens and pondered at the meaning of the stars. Well maybe they did,…

SouthEastQ

• Random

The year was 2012. I couldn't sleep. I would lay in bed, my mind racing. I would get up and wander around for hours. Over the course of a 2-3 days I maybe slep 5 hours total. All I could think about was food, a restaurant, different menu items. Finally, in the middle of the night, I created the restaurant. I bought the domain name, built out a website including a full menu and logo. And then, I went to sleep.

Dystopian by Design

• Design
• Tech

We are living in a time that past sci-fi authors used to dream about. We have been slowly boiled, not realizing we are getting cooked. There is a war being fought for the top of the food chain and humans are not winning, we are quietly deserting and supporting the machines.

The Giving Pledge

• Wealth

"The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.” ― Carol Ryrie Brink The Giving Pledge, what is it?…

The Privacy Paradox

• Tech

The length and complexity of an entity's privacy policy is inversely proportional to the entity's respect of its user's privacy.

Quantity vs Quality vs Time

• Random

Quantity vs Quality. A common comparison but time is rarely considered. Time is the most important. News, Social Media and Travel. All three emphasize time,…

Bezos

• Wealth

I am not saying Jeff Bezos is a bad guy, I am saying he is a villain. Comic book supervillains are not written as interesting or ruthless as the true life Bezos.