Joe Plourde appears in the following:
Cucked: Defining Manhood the Alt-Right Way
Wednesday, April 05, 2017
How one revolting, racist, sexist word emerged from the dark corners of 4chan and Reddit. And why we should care.
Deep-Dark-Data-Driven Politics
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
The story goes: the Trump campaign hired consultants called Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge uses data to target voters' personalities and emotions. Trump wins. But it's not so simple.
The Man Who Invented Facebook Ad Tracking Is Not Sorry
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
After building the social network’s ad system, Antonio García Martínez tried to set his career on fire. Turns out, it takes a lot to get shunned in the Valley.
Government Secrets Worth Leaking... or Keeping?
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
American spies know how to get into our devices—according to Wikileaks. But when are these tactics really making our lives safer?
Will You Do a Snapchat Streak With Me?
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Because if you don’t, I’ll assume you hate me. What happens when passive aggression, shade and FOMO aren’t a bug—they’re a feature.
Zapping Your Brain To Bliss
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
New devices promise to chill you out with low-level electric pulses. Turns out, it is possible to over-chill.
Can Your Phone Make You Better In Bed?
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
No, not by watching porn. By sharing with your partner what turns you on, and weirds you out. Through an app. Of course.
Privacy, Data Survivalism and a New Tech Ethics
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Technologist Anil Dash on the new ethics of tech. ProPublica’s Julia Angwin on why we’re all losing, and her strategies as a privacy prepper.
Day 5: Your Personal Terms of Service
Friday, February 10, 2017
It's day five of Note to Self's Privacy Paradox challenge. The last day. We'll draw some conclusions from this week—and some boundaries for the future.
Day 4: Fifteen Minutes of Anonymity
Thursday, February 09, 2017
It's day four of the Privacy Paradox challenge. The executive producer of The Bachelor explains how we change when we know we’re being watched. And, we all get off the grid. Briefly.
Day 3: Something To Hide
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
It's not just clicks and likes. Marketers are mining the words you use, your tone and sentence length, to profile you. Today, find out who the Internet thinks you are.
Day 2: The Search For Your Identity
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Today, we go from creepy to crappy. Creepy is the feeling that the machines know something. Crappy is, at least, knowing what they know. And taking a step to slow the information flow.
Day 1: What Your Phone Knows
Monday, February 06, 2017
Your Privacy Paradox challenges start today. What does your phone know about you? Too much, probably. Time to take charge.
Introducing: The Privacy Paradox
Monday, January 30, 2017
What you need to know to take back your digital identity - and maybe even your soul.
Saving Big Data From Itself
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Researchers say big data can save the world. But the data has to come from somewhere. And that somewhere is us.
The Bookie, The Phone Booth, and The FBI
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
How one gambler on the Sunset Strip laid the legal groundwork for privacy in the digital age.
The Four Tendencies: How to Feed Good Habits
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Are you an upholder, a questioner, an obliger or a rebel? Figuring out your cognitive house might be the key to changing your bad tech habits for good.
New Year. Same Old You.
Wednesday, January 04, 2017
Can we start fresh when every step, nap, and calorie are measured? If even a hard-core coder fails at a tech-enabled diet, maybe we need a new way to optimize our quantified selves.
Go Ahead. Miss Out.
Wednesday, December 28, 2016
FOMO is real. And it's amplified during the holiday season when party glam shots and scrumptious food pics are everywhere. So let's embrace a little JOMO (Joy of Missing Out) instead.
Messages From the Beyond
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
How one mom battling cancer is setting up messages for her kids to get after she's gone. And what her kids think about this digital legacy.