The Clash of the Egosystems
A Really Bad Soap Opera We could be forgiven for thinking we live in a Silicon Valley soap opera. It's…
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New Tech isn't Sci Fi, it's Monopoly
If I had wanted a happy family game night, I shouldn’t have chosen Monopoly. Everything was civil at first. The…
Top Ten Questions about Opting Out
Whether it's people assembled at my Opt Out Workshops, or someone I just met at a coffee shop, everyone has…
The Tech Reclaimers
I've been working on this one for a while and am thrilled to introduce the Tech Reclaimers! We are a…
What to do on your (social media) vacation?
Stop the Scroll I teach a class at Princeton called the Sociology of the Internet. Famously, one of the first…
Will My Tech Enshittify? How to tell...
The Enshittification Problem You've just found a cool new tool that does the thing you want to do. Or maybe…
Who's Watching Your Watch?
Whence the Smart Watch? In 2012 the Pebble smartwatch hit Kickstarter, and the funding site exploded. While there had been…
Day Twenty: Fix your Phone
You are walking around everyday with a massive tracking device that is hemmorhaging data all over the place, in your…
Day Ten: Leave Social Media
A social, not just technical, toolkit There are a lot of posts out the on the internet that will teach…
The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint
New Year, New Digital You! New Years are an opportunity for committing to resolutions, starting new habits, discarding what no…