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Our culture is shifting all around us. In Undercurrents, we present our observations and insights about where our society is heading.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'Privacy'
And You Thought Only The Government Was Eavesdropping On You…
In and around Washington, D.C. you encounter tourists on a daily basis. Whether on the Metro, walking around downtown, taking a tour of the monuments or going to souvenir shops, it is inevitable tha...
Privacy is Cuil
Cuil Cool, no? If you’ve read any of my blog posts, you know I love my privacy. That is why I’m so excited about Cuil (pronounced “cool”), the new search engine created by ex-Google employ...
Can Undercover Patients Improve Quality?
Very few things impact us more than the quality of our health care services, which is why I was intrigued by this news story about hospitals using “undercover patients” to judge doctors...
The Art Of Predicting Group Behavior
It’s called “Reality Mining” and it works like this: by tracking aggregated non-personal G.P.S. data and running it through specialized software, information analysts are able to pai...
Putting Mom On The Map
My BFF Meghan is always keeping me up to date on new innovations, technologies, trends and fads. She’s the first person I know to have used Facebook, Myspace, LinkedIn, a Wii, Gmail, Twitter, or a ...
Open Up and Say Ahh – Time for Your DNA Sample!
Full disclosure: I am a private person. I don’t like giving out my phone number or email to strangers. Even posting on this blog can creep me out! A lot of friends have asked me to join LinkedIn ...
Please Don’t Hold My Deoxyribonucleic Acid Against Me
Ryan wrote last week about a fictional (but plausible) scenario where Internet users could enjoy the benefits of a personal Google Health Advisor. While the scenario sounds intriguing - and even benef...
The Other Side Of YouTube
By now, everyone has watched some sort of video on YouTube. Many of these videos are funny clips forwarded around by friends that provide a quick distraction from whatever else it is we happen to b...
Google Craves Your DNA
As soon as I turned on my computer this morning, my Google Health Advisor (GHA) greeted me and asked, “How are you feeling today, Ryan?” I responded that an itchy throat and runny nose had kept ...
Fantasy Baseball And Why I Am Obsessed With It
For most people, April stands for three things: pranks, showers and taxes. For me April means one more thing: the start of baseball season. Tonight the Red Sox play the Yankees and I’ll be rooting ...
Where Does Privacy Begin and Shame End?
I came across a New York Times City Room post last week about a t-shirt with a graphic on the front of an open safe with the words “I was raped” inside. Jennifer Baumgardner, its crea...
Can Social Networking Harm You?
Thanks to the prevalence of social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace, privacy remains a popular topic for discussion. It’s not unusual to scroll through my friends’ online p...