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Adios, Spotify.
Thoughts on platform perversion, The Church Lady, and doing the right thing, consequences be damned.
Tag: Ethics
Thoughts, observations, and occasional rants about what I consider to be unethical behavior.
Publishing
Thoughts on Best-Selling Authors
Why I'm persnickety about this amorphous designation.
Book Reviews
The Years That Matter Most
A review of Paul Tough's new book
Management
Thoughts on Facebook's Mistaken Deletions
The company's explanation doesn't come close to passing the smell test.
Higher Education
How Data and Metadata Can Thwart Contract Cheating
Digital breadcrumbs may help curtail a growing problem.
Higher Education
Calling Bullshit on Elizabeth Holmes' Ignorance
Anyone who knows anything about Theranos should take the psychopath's claims with a 50-lb. bag of salt.
Book Reviews
The Five Best Books I Read in 2018
The texts that rocked my world this past year.
Collaboration
Lessons From Slack's Origins
A pox on you if you think that the idea behind the popular collaboration tool was someone's master plan.
Analytics
Does Uber treat its driver-partners fairly?
Thoughts on the company's data and price discrimination.
Higher Education
Why I Have Never Visited My Rate My Professor Page
And why I never will.
Big Data
How Big Data Enables Competitive Intelligence
Recent events surrounding Twitter and Apple can teach us a great teal about business today.
Social Media
The Foolishness of Relying on Social-Media Numbers
A little yarn about just looking at specious statistics.
Consulting
Long-Term Greedy
Balance the long-term development of your business and reputation with short-term needs.
Communication
George Orwell and Why I Write
Why do I write? Many reasons. Read on to find out.
Publishing
Why I'm No Longer Helping Reporters Out
Being listed as an anonymous contributor to an article just doesn't sit well with me.
Communication
Kranzberg Revisited: Too Much Technology?
I ask a series of questions about the actual and normative limits of technology.