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Re: UX in the Era of IoT | ThoughtWorks

Ann — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:44:41 -0000

Thank you for pointing that out to me. Even more on the topic, his 2015 one 'Haunted by Data': "Re-imagining data as radioactive waste we don't know how to safely store. Nixon in your data center."

Re: Data privacy in the social media age

Ann — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 10:39:10 -0000

""On the other hand our regulations just protect our medical records, they don't protect us from, say, insurance companies using data about us from social media sites or other big data to change our rates or adjust our coverage. They don't prevent drug companies from using that to say our analysis of your social media profile suggests you're depressed so here is some ad for depression medication." ---> Actually, EU law does do that. Once you are processing information related to health, you are processing sensitive data. But for the ads, they get around that using 'anonymous' cookies, so they don't know who they are stalking. But they are still stalking us. And the new GDRP will allow people to fight any 'fully automated decision' (eg change rates/adjust coverage solely on data harnessed and looked at by algorithms). The bigger issue is that there's hardly any public awareness, hardly any 'spot checks' on what companies are doing, and hardly any enforcement.

Re: UX in the Era of IoT | ThoughtWorks

Ann — Thu, 14 May 2015 08:14:33 -0000

The "Where did my MySpace data go," is a interesting question. I guess new portability laws will mean that in the future a user can at least get a dump, possibly in a usable format. However, even more likely, when tech companies go into liquidation - and we already see this with companies being bought up, the data and users they hold are they most valuable assets? (So few will go into liquidation, most will be bought up at a cheap price.)

Re: Troy Hunt: Mobile app privacy insanity – we’re still failing massively at this

Ann — Sat, 09 May 2015 07:53:32 -0000

That is actually nice to hear, and good practise from them. (That it is not mandatory as it - clearly - is not essential.) Thanks for the update.

Re: Troy Hunt: Mobile app privacy insanity – we’re still failing massively at this

Ann — Fri, 08 May 2015 11:25:47 -0000

Thank you for answering. I'm not quite sure if that actually is a permission you have to ask on iOS. I believe on Android you do (wifi / see network info). But then again, I was a bit surprised when YouTube out of the blue suggested it would stream a video to our OpenELEC box... .

Re: Troy Hunt: Mobile app privacy insanity – we’re still failing massively at this

Ann — Fri, 08 May 2015 07:08:36 -0000

Great post. Just a quick question though, you should at a point haven given Ebay permission to use your location, no? How else could they get it from the phone? Did I miss something?

Re: Meerkat & The Value of 'Slow Graphs'

Ann — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 06:49:00 -0000

Would you quality LinkedIn as slow or fast graph? I feel it used be slow, but they are stressing 'quantity' over 'quality connections' too much lately. They are promoting more and more that you send their prefab messages to connect ("you are a person I trust" from a total stranger is a tad creepy, and makes me question the entire concept), and people build up tons of connections which are actually just a number on their total connection count, not a link that could lead to mutual benefit.

I understand why LinkedIn moves in this way from a business perspective, but I can't help but wonder how different connections would be, if they suggest everybody to tell something personal (for example, where are you seeing the person you'd like to connect with one year from) before they link up. Something that would allow both persons to identify with each other.

LinkedIn is more and more stressing quantity over quality as it comes to connections. And 500 people who have no clue who the others, aren't truly connected?

Would love to hear your opinion on that!

Re: Does A Designer’s Opinion Mean More Than The User’s?

Ann — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:47:52 -0000

Indeed, and I'm assuming here that we always design with the end-users in mind. (Which puts you in an awkward situation if how the client things a user should behave and how the users want to behave is different as well.) I don't mind 'change requests', I do mind them if what is requested takes the whole structure of the design out of whack. Because one little change, can mean your entire logic/flow goes down the drain. I'll try to suggest alternatives/find middle ground then.

Re: 50 Free Resources for Designers from November 2014

Ann — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:32:13 -0000

A great roundup, thank you very much!

Re: Microsoft Clipart Alternatives: Finally Gone for Good

Ann — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:07:43 -0000

I can't hep but wonder if this replacement with 'bing image search' means people will get attribution/copyright instructions with every picture/photo/illustration they use as well? Didn't find any info on that yet. :p

Re: A Gorgeous Proposal for US Currency That Celebrates Mankind’s Modern Achievements

Ann — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 04:09:18 -0000

Celebrating science, great idea! (We have notes celebration music, architecture, inventions, .. . Had more different ones before moving to the Euro, though.) Just please, never-ever, put Mr Travis Kalanick on a note. Kthx. ;)

Re: 33rd Square | Can A Computer Be Creative?

Ann — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:29:24 -0000

I like the titel, yet 'optimising for profit', is not necessarily being 'creative'? Creativity is breaking or changing the rules, where what the film company is doing is quite similar to netflix: finding the optimal combination that will sell? The original creativity, still lies in the first writing of the script. Algorithms are merely adjusting it - for the financial betterment, maybe not so much creative increase. So the real question is, "will algorithms replace creativity"? ;))

Re: How to Name a SaaS App, or How to Avoid the Bloody Mess That Brought Us, at Last, to “Disco”

Ann — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 16:16:39 -0000

Neat. And for twitter (and such) handles? If you can grab godisco.com for under 1K, i'd give it a go! ;) (or DoDisco? #alliteration #calltoaction and all that)

Re: How to Name a SaaS App, or How to Avoid the Bloody Mess That Brought Us, at Last, to “Disco”

Ann — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:43:42 -0000

I like, love the name. Curious how you'll be solving getting a .com for it - or what .com you'll get. (something our investors find crucial). --Looking forward to more Disco news, Ann

Re: Tweet Buttons are less of a big deal than they used to be for your Twitter strategy

Ann — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 08:24:38 -0000

Another possible reasons: people are reading news on smartphones more, and use the 'share intent' more often? (on Android, you first choose 'share', and then the medium such as Twitter or G+. an uptake in 'mobile reading' would explain why share buttons are fewer used)

Re: The mobile revolution - its only just beginning!

Ann — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 07:07:17 -0000

That's .. quite a deal-breaker. I notice already with the Pebble that I'm 'dependent' upon it. I expect it to notify me of most important stuff, and if I don't get a notification for a while, I think there's nothing urgent. I don't really think 'ah woops, it is out of battery'. However, probably Glass running out of juice will be more noticeable, as well... you'll actually see it.

Re: The mobile revolution - its only just beginning!

Ann — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 04:09:07 -0000

You mean draining the phone because it's talking over bluetooth constantly? Or glass itself? I have the same thing with my Pebble. In itself, it is not that heavy a drain on the smartphone's battery, however, many small drains make one huge lack of juice.

Re: The mobile revolution - its only just beginning!

Ann — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 04:29:57 -0000

The benefit - at the moment - for me to have an 'external devices' for battery-intensive always-on tracking activities is that using them rather than your phone means there's more juice remaining in the smartphone for critical things such as calls and tweeting. ;) That's why for me the energy-efficient sensors from the Moto X and its dedicated chips herald a new era, with phones ubiquitously recording and being aware of where you are, what you're doing there and how the environment is like.

Re: Emotion-Sniffing Is The Next Bizarre Trick Your Phone Is Learning

Ann — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 03:24:35 -0000

I hadn't thought of applying it to games yet, which is odd, as I've once spent quite a while trying to get webcam facial recognition, to emotion deduction, to my avatar's facial animations to work. I can even imagine a game would be able to change my mood for the positive: a dark, gloomy cloud-packed scene, where suddenly a few rays of light break through. All of a sudden, the sun is shining, there's nice flowers. Or, more Black & White style, that your mood information gets sent to the NPCs, and if you are grumpy, they'll be less friendly too.

Re: ReadWrite – How Long Does It Take To Build A Native Mobile App? [Infographic]

Ann — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:54:06 -0000

Even without history degree, and just common sense, 80 years is an improbability. A King would order his pyramid build during his lifetime, for use at the end of his lifetime. If there's a bit of delay, or premature death, a son or other successor might need to finish his father's pyramid, but 80 years would be a three generations delay on such an important mausoleum.

Re: ReadWrite – How Long Does It Take To Build A Native Mobile App? [Infographic]

Ann — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:36:20 -0000

I wouldn't take their word (or infographic) for it, as they most definitely got the pyramid construction time wrong. 18 weeks * 231 = 4158 weeks = 80 years of construction, they say. Khufu's pyramid is believed to be constructed in a period of ten to twenty years (larger workforce than for the average mobile app, though, about 20,000 people). Learn to read BC!

Re: 100 Quotations Every Geek Should Know

Ann — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:06:30 -0000

Missing: Go! Go! Go! ;)

Re: Mijns Inziens: Krot of Kans: een weekje wonen in Terhole

Ann — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:04:42 -0000

Je hebt reeds nagevraagd of er internet beschikbaar is? ;)

Re: Top Gear en je business blog: 6 winnende race regels

Ann — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:01:23 -0000

Nog eentje extra... (als ik mag).

7. Geen sponsering - het maakt niet uit hoe. Niet direct, en niet in-direct. Geef de 'review copies' die je krijgt weg, of stuur ze terug. Je hoeft echter niet onpartijdig te zijn, alleen niet (om)gekocht.

(Wat natuurlijk niet wegneemt dat je branded magazines, dekbedovertrekken en badschuim kunt verkopen. ;))

Re: Ben jij een goede community manager?

Ann — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:27:52 -0000

Geen regels is geen probleem, als je genoeg 'backing' hebt om als er toch een probleem optreedt, je leden je beslissing respecteren?

(Of je genoeg respecteren, om op een volwassen manier over de beslissing te discussieren)? ;)