What to do on your (social media) vacation?
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Published: July 2, 2025 04:37
Stop the Scroll I teach a class at Princeton called the Sociology of the Internet. Famously, one of the first…
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Will My Tech Enshittify? How to tell...
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Published: March 28, 2025 03:47
The Enshittification Problem You've just found a cool new tool that does the thing you want to do. Or maybe…
Who's Watching Your Watch?
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Published: March 24, 2025 03:40
Whence the Smart Watch? In 2012 the Pebble smartwatch hit Kickstarter, and the funding site exploded. While there had been…
Day Twenty-One: Look Forward
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Published: January 23, 2025 23:12
Wow, look what you've done! You've changed your browser. You've identified where your data is, moved it to new alternatives,…
Day Twenty: Fix your Phone
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Published: January 20, 2025 15:07
You are walking around everyday with a massive tracking device that is hemmorhaging data all over the place, in your…
Day Nineteen: Adios, Alexa!
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Published: January 19, 2025 04:21
Open Mic Night -- Every Night A few years ago companies lobbied for the ability to put an open microphone…
Day Fifteen: Trash Unwanted Accounts
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Published: January 19, 2025 02:44
Take out the Trash This is the boring part of the course. Boring but necessary for internet hygiene. Like brushing…
Day Eighteen: Personal Photos
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Published: January 19, 2025 02:35
Who is doing what with your photos? Chances are you have put photos of yourself, your dog, cat, and kids…
Day Seventeen: Control Your Collaborations
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Published: January 18, 2025 03:53
Cooperation makes it happen (dig it!) If you're like millions of other people in the world, you probably use some…
Day Sixteen: Get a VPN
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Published: January 17, 2025 04:59
Hopefully you're working diligently through your Data Roadmap, deleting accounts you don't need, changing email masks and credit cards over…