The Responsible Data Forum, a collaboration that develops tools and strategies to help data-driven advocacy with ethical, security and privacy implications of their work, was mentioned in Zara Rahman’s talk at Datensummit 17. The RDF defines “responsible data” as:
The […]
Two fresh data sets from Pew Research Center, highlighting realities I would love to see considered more often in design teams and boardrooms alike: “Not everyone in advanced economies is using social media”, and “Smartphones are common in advanced economies, but digital […]
In an article on the MIT Technology Review, Brian Bergstein compares Facebook to the early days of televsion in the US:
The problem, the FCC chairman told the group, was the way the business was making money: not by serving the public interest above all but by airing a lot of dumb […]
Why designing for #engagement #metrics is not always a good idea. Hint: Many people like crude stories. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/how-the-like-button-ruined-the-internet/519795/?single_page=true
Oliver posted:
“Why designing for #engagement #metrics is not always a good idea. Hint: Many people like crude stories.”The linked article points out how the obsession with “engagement” around single items damages the whole, and why it is the […]
