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Perambulation

Thoughts on data, society, and other things that don't fit neatly into buckets.

You’ll be tagged

Crowdsourced tagging and ubiquitous photography spell the end of privacy. How should we deal with this?

Policing the mental genome

Can movie tastes predict we’re killers? Is no alibi the same as guilt? A connected life changes the legal system in scary ways.

Six lifestyle hacks for this year

I’m not big on those “top ten” lists. But here are six hacks I’m going to try out in the coming year.

MIFI math: how I avoided spending $1,900 (and counting)

Canadian carriers extort ridiculous roaming fees. MIFI devices fix that. Without one, I’d have spent over $1,900 this trip. Here’s the math.

My $0.05

Canada got rid of the penny. We should have killed the nickel too. Incrementalism sucks.

First impressions of SXSW; and the next few months

SXSW isn’t what I expected. And an invitation to take a hike.