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ASBOrometer: Measure UK anti-social behaviour on iPhone and Android
On the one hand: OMGWTF. On the other: Entirely predictable, and — I might add, with some justice — that in fact I called this one from twenty miles off. Via Tom Carden.
urbancomputing  uk  politics  publicspace  ethics  law  interestingtimes  wtf 
february 2010 by Urbanscale
Cities that Think Like the Web
Splendid, timely, necessary, correct.
urbancomputing  politics  citizenship  ethics  economics 
october 2009 by Urbanscale
Peepoople
shit  design  emergingmarkets  bodypolitique  ethics  urbanism 
october 2009 by Urbanscale
Freedom to Tinker: Netflix's Impending (But Still Avoidable) Multi-Million Dollar Privacy Blunder
"Researchers have known for more than a decade that gender plus ZIP code plus birthdate uniquely identifies a significant percentage of Americans (87%, according to Latanya Sweeney's famous study)."
privacy  ubicomp  identity  ethics 
september 2009 by Urbanscale
Why We Banned Legos
Via Migurski. Digging it.
class  kultur  economics  ethics  teaching  power 
february 2008 by Urbanscale
NYT: New York Manhole Covers, Forged Barefoot in India
(nyc)  globalism  ethics  infrastructure 
november 2007 by Urbanscale
NYT: Cellphone Straitjacket Is Inspiring a Rebellion
The NYT thinks it sees signs of a turn toward openness in the entrails. That may be significant in itself.
economics  ethics  infrastructure  mobile  opensystems  spectrum 
november 2007 by Urbanscale
Termites in the Groves of Academe
On "Dr." Marcus Ross
ethics  science  yes 
february 2007 by Urbanscale
"Wal-Mart is moving towards widespread implementation of new employee scheduling software. Sounds innocent enough..."
work  walmart  speed  globalism  economics  ethics 
january 2007 by Urbanscale
Public Shaming of Prostitutes Misfires in China - washingtonpost.com
My god, it's like an argument out of "Discipline and Punish" come to life...
china  ethics  sexindustry  foucault  bodypolitique  kultur  law 
december 2006 by Urbanscale
Oxfam International - Starbucks opposes Ethiopia's plan to trademark specialty coffee names that could bring farmers an estimated $88 million annually
At first pass, the Ethopian plan sounds reasonable. It's little different from "D.O.C." or "appellation controllée," right?
coffee  globalism  ethics  economics  starbucks 
december 2006 by Urbanscale
My Wii grabbed pictures from my brother's cell phone. - General Wii Discussion - Nintendo NSider Forums
Here we go.
ethics  everyware2ndedition 
november 2006 by Urbanscale
Speedbird
In which I decloak
personal  architecture  craft  kultur  design  economics  ethics  everyware  fashion  fun  futures  materials  psychogeography  yes 
november 2006 by Urbanscale
Clear Registered Traveler - Fast, Convenient, Secure
A private, for-profit pre-screening program. Kinda terrifying.
travel  ethics  airports  foucault 
october 2006 by Urbanscale
Design Altruism Project » Bruce Mau and the Apotheosis of Data
Problematizing "Massive Change"
ethics  futures  fatmau 
may 2006 by Urbanscale
Amnesty on the criminally negligent use of armored cars in favela operations
Love that big honkin' Ford logo...
bad  brazil  ethics  illegal  mobility  military  sociology  urbanism 
april 2006 by Urbanscale
Marcus Aurelius Antonius: Meditations
My dream: commission a Jack Stauffacher edition of the "Meditations." Also, I need a "WWMAD?" bracelet.
personal  ethics 
march 2006 by Urbanscale
CJR Daily: Harpers Races Right Over the Edge of a Cliff
Celia Farber doing what she does best: pushing a line of purest horseshit, disingenuously and dangerously
bad  publichealth  epidemiology  ethics 
march 2006 by Urbanscale
Michel de Certeau: The Practice of Everday Life
theory  ethics 
february 2006 by Urbanscale
Pam Noles: Shame
Race and color, in written sf and its voyage to the silver screen
bodypolitique  ethics  publishing  sf 
february 2006 by Urbanscale
Each member of staff was trained by way of a compulsory three-hour training session. | MetaFilter
Deployment of medical informatic system followed by increased mortality rates
everyware  ethics 
december 2005 by Urbanscale
PostSecret
What happens when the membrane is taken away?
ubiq  ethics 
may 2005 by Urbanscale
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
ecology  futures  science  ethics 
april 2005 by Urbanscale
New (sub)Urbanism: The Copyrighting of Public Space
urbanism  bad  copyright  ethics 
february 2005 by Urbanscale
The New York Times > To Know Me, Know My IPod
What our devices say about us
ethics  humanfactors 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Wired News: Passport Privacy Protection? Nope
And again...
ethics  ubiq 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Wired News: Dumbing Down a Smartwatch
Privacy concerns in RFID-based memory augmentation
ethics  ubiq 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Wearing a badge to jam digital image capture
For all that I slag HP...
ethics  ubiq 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Toward a fine city for people: London 2004
ethics  urbanism 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Chinese Cultural Studies: A Holocaust of Girls
china  ethics 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Textbook disclaimer stickers
Nice subtle hack - not that I can bring myself to believe they're necessary in 2004 *sobs*
design  ethics  punkrock 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
When the Car Beside You Is an XXX Theater
"She was wedged in," he said. "She couldn't avoid it." Rrrrright.
ethics  humanfactors  marginwalker  urbanism 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
The New York Times > If Your Brain Has a 'Buy Button,' What Pushes It?
branding  ethics  humanfactors  psyop 
october 2004 by Urbanscale
Recommended ritual slaughter practices (Kosher and Halal)
ethics 
october 2004 by Urbanscale

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