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The date was September 26, 1983. I was nine years old. Stanislav Petrov was 44 years old. Around my age today. He was working his second straight shift in the control room of the Soviet nuclear early-warning system Oko. Suddenly came what was the greatest fear of the cold war,...
I found a useful tool allowing me to partake in the joy of well-written
newsletters without having them fill up my inbox. The website Kill the
Newsletter! (KTN) simply allows you to add them to your feed reader.
Here’s how it works when you go to kill-the-newsletter.com
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When I claim that online harassment happens by design I am often met with raised
eyebrows. I am not saying that it’s the intent of designers to encourage
harassment, but I am saying that it’s what the resulting design is doing. It
certainly is doing little to prevent...
In reports coming out about how the unsubscription service unroll.me has been selling your data to Uber, it has become glaringly clear that not only are they selling your data (which truly should not surprise you a great deal) but they are also storing copies of your e-mail in...
In a few hours I’m giving a keynote at the Ballad networking conference covering export of digital services for small and medium enterprises. These are my slides for the presentation, which I decided to entitle Digital trends that will transform your business.
Digital trends that will transform your business...
Apple has launched its iPad and has received tough criticism as well as more nuanced opinions. I’ll use this opportunity to highlight that much of the criticism is based on the misconceptions that the iPad will replace a computer. More likely it will replace a photo album, a board...
Right after midnight passing into August 26, 2009, Swedish time, Christer Fuglesang writes this on Twitter:
On the morning of August 26 as I pick up the paper from the floor the front page says (my translation): “Did Fuglesang lift off? SvD.se will broadcast the launch of Christer Fuglesang’...
