Facebook’s recommended privacy settings should emphasize more not less

Facebook’s “Privacy Settings” always seem to be a work in progress. One thing they do consistently is default to less privacy overall, thus more sharing of your information on their site. For a website that depends on user-generated content the motivation to encourage sharing is clear enough. Still, why do they use the word “privacy” […]

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Speaking at Prague College and Academy of Fine Arts in Prague this week

Joelle and I are speaking at Prague College and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze) this week about our individual work and the project we are doing at the Nostic Palace. Many thanks to artists Molly Radecki and Natalia Vasquez for assisting us with The Difference Between Now and Then. […]

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How to install Scrapy with MacPorts (full version)

+ Here is a step-by-step explaining how I got Scrapy running on my MacBook Pro 10.5 using MacPorts to install Python and all required libraries (libxml2, libxsit, etc.). The following has been tested on two separate machines with Scrapy .10. Many thanks to users here who shared some helpful amendments to the default installation guide. […]

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Was weiß Facebook über mich?, in Bild

The German newspaper, Bild published another article mentioning Give Me My Data today. Was weiß Facebook über mich? or in English, Facebook knows what about me? “About 500 million people worldwide use the social network Facebook to stay in touch with friends. In Germany, almost 9.8 million people are registered with Facebook. Many users are […]

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The Difference Between Then and Now

TINA-B Festival Nostic Palace, Czech Ministry of Culture, Prague October 7-24th, 2010 In the October 2010 TINA-B Contemporary Art Festival in Prague, Owen Mundy and Joelle Dietrick will re-stage their 2006 project The Darkest Hour is Just Before Dawn. Originally developed in York, Alabama, USA, Owen Mundy and Joelle Dietrick borrowed lamps from the residents […]

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