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Apr 7, 2017

Mastodon: A Different Way to Think About Social Media

Hey, have you heard about Mastodon, the Hot New Twitter Alternative that All The Kids Are Using™! …

Social Media

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Social Media

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Jan 24, 2017

Winding Down

It’s no fun anymore. I got into blogging because I had a lot to say, and it was fun to put words on the internet. It was also fun to make the sites to put words on the internet. When I graduated High School, I asked my parents for one…

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Jan 4, 2017

Star Trek, Cyberpunk, Douglas Adams, and Our Technology Future

This tweet has been circulating for a few years, but it remains relevant to technology discussion today, if not moreso. Unlike so many people I follow online, I never came up on Cyberpunk. When it comes to Sci-Fi, I grew up on Star Trek — specifically The Next Generation…

Star Trek

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Star Trek

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Dec 14, 2016

Fighting An Elephant With A Thumbtack

Even before the election, I was angry at the tech industry for all the usual reasons. Here’s a short sampling of them: Twitter’s general disinterest in their ongoing harassment problem Data-hungry companies you can’t escape from The same companies and their lackadaisical stance on encryption The loss of ownership in…

Poltics

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Fighting An Elephant With A Thumbtack
Fighting An Elephant With A Thumbtack
Poltics

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Dec 8, 2016

Your Privacy is Worth More than what Tech is Selling

I’ve had debates online about the theory Apple needs to weaken their stance on privacy if they want to be a leader in consumer AI products. My stance on this is simple: no. If anything, Apple should strengthen their stance on user privacy, both as good practice and as a…

Amazon

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Amazon

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Dec 5, 2016

The Great Medium Experiment

I’ve been running an experiment with my last few longer-form pieces of crossposting them to Medium. I’ve done it on the occasional, ad-hoc basis when I write something that I feel needs to reach an audience outside of my circle. This includes the expanded, and revised version of “A View…

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Dec 1, 2016

“Watch the Failson:” How the Internet is Radicalizing the Alt-Right

In the wake of the election, I took some time to read a few pieces of conservative commentary, and came across an interesting essay by Rod Dreher in The American Conservative comparing modern America to Weimar Germany. I’m don’t agree with all of Dreher’s points, especially as a queer atheist…

4chan

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4chan

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Nov 17, 2016

Fear of Data

A while ago, I came across an interesting opinion piece on Lifelogging, and how interest is waning as people move towards more “forgetful” services like Snapchat. It’s certainly something I’ve thought a lot about, both in terms of the data I create, and who has access to it. It requires…

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Nov 15, 2016

Dismayed Democrats, Don’t Switch Parties, Fix the One You Have. Here’s Why

It sucks to be a Democrat right now. Make no mistake, this past Presidential election was ours to lose, and lose it we did. Under the circumstances, any left-leaning person who wants to jump ship and join a third party, well, I feel you. I’ve been a Democrat my entire…

Democrats

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Democrats

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Jun 23, 2016

The Unbearable Difficulty of Opting-Out

A couple of years ago, in a fit of pique and a desire to clean up my data trails, I nuked my LinkedIn account. I wasn’t using it, I never liked the company, and it felt like another leech on my mind. I had recently started a new job after…

Social Media

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Social Media

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Rachel Anderson

Rachel Anderson

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Arts and culture marketing by day. Competitive air guitarist during the summer.

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