Todays social media world is very concerned about the amount of information individuals publish about themselves. From hobbies, likes, dislikes on Facebook to the information blogs posts and personal information, everyone tries to control the flow of information about themselves. Personas, a component of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit asks a different question, How does the Internet see you? By typing your name, Personas scours the Internet for keyworlds to characterize a person and displays them on a bar with each of those characteristics.
Some of these results are interesting, mine displayed some obvious key words “online, design, social” and some keywords such as “illegal, aggression, genealogy” are interesting. Personas is a nice look in how we’re characterized online and I would love to see a SEO related application based on this idea.
A few days ago, NYPD conducted a 24-hour cell phone crackdown while driving, which snared a Daily News reporter. The crackdown is a part of a growing trend of laws seeking to ban texting while driving (a just law In my opinion).
To help gauge how much texting interferes with your driving, the New York Times has released a game, “Gauging Your Distraction” on their website, simulating the act of texting and driving. At the end of the game you receive a report card of performance, my initial try was not good at all. For those who don’t quite understand the issue or distraction, this game is an eye opener.
(Source: Silicon Alley Insider)
Apple released Snow Leopard today and I decided to join the early adopters and perform the upgrade. Snow Leopard is Apple’s recent update to OS X and an upgrade to Leopard, building on many of it’s impressive features. Snow Leopard is akin to what Windows 98 was to Windows 95, same interface but new useful features. With a price tag of $29 ($25 on Amazon as of this posting), and a MacBook Pro that’s barely 6 months old, it was a no brainier to perform the upgrade. Continue Reading »
