Tag: Social media

Stop Your Tech from Distracting You

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022Spiritual ProgrammerProductivity, Social media

To create something, you need focus. I take meeting notes on paper because a sheet of paper won’t suddenly interrupt me with an unimportant message. When I am in focus mode, I have notification off on my phone and my computer. When writing on the computer, I use the “focus” mode in Word that removes all the menus and covers everything on my screen but the document.

You need to bend your technology to your will. Spend a moment investigating the “focus” features on your laptop and various devices and activate the ones that make sense for you.

Stay Away from TikTok

February 12, 2022Spiritual ProgrammerPrivacy, Social media

If you are in any way concerned about privacy, stay away from TikTok. Researchers have examined 10 social media applications and TikTok came a clear first in gathering and selling data. The app contains 14 trackers, 13 of which send data to unidentified third parties. That is AFTER activating all the do-not-track features on your phone. For more, read the article on CNBC.

Don’t be a Jerk

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021Spiritual ProgrammerSocial media

Twitter is belatedly implementing an idea that the xkcd comic suggested many years ago: Showing people when they are being jerks.

Twitter just rolled out a new feature that looks at a tweet before it is sent. If the software thinks the message is harmful or offensive, it offers the user a chance to reconsider. That’s a good use case for some machine learning, and they have now tweaked their algorithm to take your connection to the recipient into account.

But it shouldn’t really be necessary to have an AI to tell you to behave. How about you just train your brain to not be a jerk? Think before you post.