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Creepy app warns of an end to privacy
From Thinq_, hat-tip to @youngy71
I’ve not had a go at this yet but it looks likes it will be an interesting thing to try if you’re interested in privacy and location issues.
I recently bookmarked a thing from the WSJ about what apps are sending your location data back to 3rd parties. Considering these 2 articles together, it’s not just people who are using Foursqure or geolocated tweets that are publicising their whereabouts.
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A Wall St Journal mini site examining what personal information 101 smartphone apps (iOS and Android) send back to their creators and 3rd parties.
Location information is common to a lot of them. Some you’d expect, like Foursquare, but others are more surprising; Angry Birds & Pimple Popper?
Most of the 3rd parties are marketers, collecting the data to build up a picture of the users. One can imagine that this data has quite a high value.
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Cycling in London: Severe crashes, 2006-2011 – Google Maps
Interesting and depressing Google mash-up on severe road accidents involving cyclists in London 2006-11
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Fearsquare – How dangerous are your check-ins?
Police.uk crime stats for your Foursquare check-ins.
Interesting mash up of open data and location-based social networking. The raw police data looks only at locations to compare crime rates, but this app takes it from the perspective of the individual who moves between locations. The crime stats for your latest 10 check-in locations are collated to give you a “fear” score – ie, if you spend all your time in crime-ridden locations you’ll have a higher score.
This is interesting, but I wonder about the meaningfulness of the data. Also, how productive is it to explicitly link crime figures with fear. It makes for a catchy title but is this giving people something else to be scared of?
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data.gov.uk | Opening up government
UK Government’s open data web site. Great source of info for visualisations and map mash-ups.
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Wide range of sources of data for creating map mash-ups and visualisations.
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Great free tool for creating and sharing map mash ups
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Great map mashup site from UCL
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Gateshead iPad thief given community order – Chronicle News
Bringing petty criminals to justice? There’s an app for that.
I just like the thought that there’s a crime called “theft by finding”.
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Why JISC projects should blog « Steve Boneham’s blog
Practical advice from m’colleague, Steve Boneham. Like he says at the end, these are the benefits; the mechanics of actually keeping a blog going are another matter entirely and there is no magic formula.
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A fairly comprehensive resource list from “Pink Flamingoes” including articles and info on eportfolios as well as tools.
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The bonus myth: How paying for results can backfire – life
From the New Scientist. Of particular interest is that idea that extrinsic reward jeopardises intrinsic motivation.
The big question is, if banks wanted to stop paying bonuses on this basis, could they? Who would be brave enough to jump first?
Not really an ed tech thing but we’ve been looking at motivation theory at work recently and it sort of fits in with my MSc work on change management
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Excellent tool for running Teachmeets or Pecha Kucha sessions by John McLear (@PrimaryT)
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Are You Following a Bot? – The Atlantic
A piece about the infiltration of social networks by bots operated by organisations in an attempt to steer the course of the conversation.
It’s something to be concerned about and is potentially damaging to the likes of Twitter. How much can you trust what is being said on the networks?
It’s likely to be a growing problem.
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Universal McCann – Wave 5 Study on the socialisation of brands
Nicely presented report on changing trends in social media. Includes a look at blogging and social media. Has an emphasis on marketing.
April 17, 2011
What I’ve read this week – Diigo (weekly)
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