“Modern smartphone camera starts taking photos as soon as you open it. When you tap ‘take a photo’ button, the photo has actually already been taken, and the camera is just using the last picture from the buffer.” —@vas3kcom https://t.co/nQJwVdYbGz via @katiehempenius
The discourse around “data mining” and a “data-rich continent” — common language within Africa’s tech scene — shows the extent to which the individual behind each data point remains inconsequential from their perspective.
Yours truly in @_reallifemag
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Today's #protein hack. Microwave water and egg whites (not for the #purist) watch and stop when overflowing. Add #ginger#onion#salt#garlic powder. Things I come up with when home alone 😁 https://t.co/dW4vzskMl2
Used this today for my long-ish exercise this morning. There were moments that I forgot I have a #waterbottle on my hand. @sheltonjenn should have had this when they ran with the #tarahumara 😁 I need testers for… https://t.co/MPHcQnZvnt
“The kids told her - ‘Take that hijab & wrap it around your neck & kill yourself with it’” Amal’s mother said, quoting Amal repeating what schoolmates said to her. “I told her ‘Don’t listen to them.’"
Tragic story on the last moments of 9-year-old Amal. https://t.co/Qe6zaRn1ih
I helped Geoff in 2018 when he didn't know how to make his own graphs or download tweets by himself. He found some social media marketing spam (he thought it was "Russian") and I made some graphs for him. I never gave him permission to display my work like this on his website.
I recently came across the filed of "persuasive technologies". Goal is clear, to change people's behaviour through technology. The technologist knows what's best for us... apparently