Category: Essay
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The Postsearch Era
The other day I was scrolling through LinkedIn and an old acquaintance from Berlin was in a self-admitted technological funk. His chief complaint was basically about spam. His feeling was that both search engines and social media are dead because they are so full of ads and sponsored content. It takes too much effort to…
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What AI Selfies Say About Hypercubist Identity
AI Selfies are all the rage. Carousels of images depicting our friends in several style variations are commonplace. Critics have stepped forward. These algorithms have absorbed the work of artists without any sort of remunerations, royalties or credit. Course correction has been modest and superficial at best. These tools are rife with gendered, sexist, ableist,…
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WTF is Personal Branding in 2022?
The other day I saw a post about how to optimise LinkedIn posting to best exploit the algorithm. The idea is that if you follow a bunch of “best practices” you can achieve optimal reach and engagement. As I swiped through the slides, I felt deflated and overwhelmed. It would be exhausting to consider each…