September 2017
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When Werner Herzog makes a film about the internet, it can almost be expected to be a poetic journey rather than a cutting-edge report or a deeply opinionated perspective (even though, with his very special style to interrupt interviewees to make a point in his narrative, this does not mean […]
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The issue with tracking is not only one of obvious trackers but that, at least in theory, every piece of content loaded from other sites than the originating domain enables some degree of tracking. -
What is Sustainable Web Design? sustainablewebdesign.org
As we click away on our screens and devices, it’s easily forgotten all this consumes natural resources - directly or indirectly:
Bloated websites lead to slow load times, frustrated users and wasted energy.
This microsite lists four aspects of sustainable web design […] -
Smart Cities and Our Brave New World privacyinternational.org
Uh-oh. While generally enthusiastic of using technology for solving mankind’s problems, and with the global phenomenon of urbanisation amassing plenty of those, this analysis by Privacy International drawing a grim picture of the forces at play around much-hyped “smart cities” […]
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The Prototype Fund (PF), a government-funded programme run by the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN), invited to the Demo Day of projects from the first round of their programme, and a mixed crowd of participants and others assembled in a former-crematorium-turned-event-space in Berlin on the last […]