Privacy is a Luxury Good

Privacy is a Luxury Good

Maybe it shouldn’t be. But it is. It’s become increasingly clear to me in my perusal of the tech media and my experience working in Digital Marketing that privacy has become a luxury good. Should it be that way? No. I think there should be some enforceable rights...
BUY NOW: That Thing You Were Just Thinking About

BUY NOW: That Thing You Were Just Thinking About

A Guide to Online Advertising Data and Privacy I’ve worked in Online Advertising for my whole career, and after leaving the gentle embrace of a tech giant, I’m reassessing the industry as an outsider. Especially when it comes to data privacy & humane tech. That’s...
Are You On the Web or In The Web

Are You On the Web or In The Web

This post is about getting on the web without being trapped in the web If you are on the web, you are moving cheerfully and purposefully along its strands, accomplishing the tasks that you set out to do. Learning and enriching your life through the endless worlds of...
Chris Hughs vs. Facebook

Chris Hughs vs. Facebook

(Originally Published May 9, 2019) Facebook co-founder Chris Hughs has penned a very long editorial calling for the break up of Facebook into its constituent parts of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. I personally doubt if breaking up Facebook will solve many of the...
Pichai’s Privacy Pitch

Pichai’s Privacy Pitch

(Originally published May 8, 2019) Yesterday evening, Google CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an op-ed in the New York Times re-affirming Google’s commitment to privacy. Personally, I’d like to see Google go a little farther in their commitment to privacy, but this is a good...