Category «Internet»

TurboVax Vaccine Finder for NYC

“TurboVax finds appointments from 53 city and state-run vaccine sites in the NYC area. Follow our Twitter (@turbovax) to be instantly notified when appointments open up. Refresh this page often. Appointments are published to this page in real-time. Availability for local clinics/pharmacies can be found at CDC’s VaccineFinder or NYC Vaccine List. If you found …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet

JustDelete.me

“A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services. Many companies use dark pattern techniques to make it difficult to find how to delete your account. JustDelete.me aims to be a directory of urls to enable you to easily delete your account from web services.” See also How to Delete Your Old …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Social Media

How to Use Microsoft Outlook as an RSS Feed Reader

HowToGeek: “RSS feeds are great for getting alerted to new articles on your favorite sites. But your personal time shouldn’t be taken up with reading work articles. Split your professional and personal subscriptions by adding work feeds to Microsoft Outlook instead. Managing feeds in Outlook is super easy, although it can only be done in …

Subjects: E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management, Microsoft

America, Your Privacy Settings Are All Wrong

The New York Times Editorial Board – Using an opt-in approach will help curb the excesses of Big Tech. “Despite what corporations profess, much of this personal data is used not to improve products themselves, but to make those products more attractive to advertisers. One straightforward solution is to let people opt in to data …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Internet, Legal Research, Legislation, Microsoft, Privacy

Fighting the Infodemic: The #CoronaVirusFacts Alliance

Poynter – “Led by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the Poynter Institute, the #CoronaVirusFacts / #DatosCoronaVirus Alliance unites more than 100 fact-checkers around the world in publishing, sharing and translating facts surrounding the new coronavirus. The Alliance was launched in January when the spread of the virus was restricted to China but already causing …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management

Inside NYC’s dueling Van Gogh exhibits: Here’s which one’s the original

NY Post – “Vincent van Gogh fans are lost in the starry internet night of ticket sellers as two competing exhibits about the famed Dutch painter head to NYC.  There’s the large-scale animated projection exhibit “Immersive Van Gogh” and then there’s “Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience.” And the Better Business Bureau is warning New Yorkers …

Subjects: Internet

Data Leverage: A Framework for Empowering the Public in its Relationship with Technology Companies

arXiv – 17 February 2021 – Association for Computing Machiner – Data Leverage: A Framework for Empowering the Public in its Relationship with Technology Companies – “Many powerful computing technologies rely on implicit and explicit data contributions from the public. This dependency suggests a potential source of leverage for the public in its relationship with …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

The Era of Audio Creators Has Arrived

The New York Times – The Era of Audio Creators Has Arrived: “Audio creators are a new kind of influencer, born of the meteoric rise of the audio-only chat app Clubhouse. Together, they are pulling in millions of weekly listeners and building online followings. Now, with Clubhouse booming and other social apps, like Twitter, taking …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

This is Our House!” A Preliminary Assessment of the Capitol Hill Siege Participant

George Washington University Program on Extremism / Top Level Findings – “We released a new report coauthored jointly by our staff, titled “This is Our House!” A Preliminary Assessment of the Capitol Hill Siege Participants.” The report offers new details about the individuals alleged to have stormed the nation’s Capitol, as well as a number …

Subjects: Congress, Defense, Internet, Social Media

How to Make Your Hashtags More Reader-Friendly

Lifehacker: “Communicating in the language of hashtags is an annoyingly universal aspect of social media. But if you’re using hashtags on your Instagram posts, tweets, or Facebook status updates, you should make sure they’re readable for people with visual and cognitive disabilities.Hashtags weren’t designed to be easily read. They’re basically a tool for cataloguing content …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Are all your productivity tools making you feel…unproductive?

Fortune – “Here’s how to manage the deluge…Before COVID-19, the average knowledge worker in the U.S. used 10 apps at least 25 times per workday, according to a study by Asana, which helps teams track and organize their work. Now, with a record number of Americans working from home, the number of apps has ballooned …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, Internet, Knowledge Management

Study: Digital capabilities to manage information are still lacking

Tech Republic – Most knowledge workers would welcome more digital tools to improve information handling and collaboration with their peers. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic sent them home in droves over a year ago, most knowledge workers report they still do not have the digital capabilities they need. According to a new study released Thursday by iManage …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries