Facebook’s Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers over data leak.
…. so that’s all right then.
In amongst all my “please stay with us GDPR clutter” I found;
We’re taking a different approach to GDPR and this is our last newsletter. Instead of asking you to opt in, we invite you to join our online community powered by Workplace
(which is Facebook) - Good Grief
GONE!
🎵 Steven Wilson and his band then went on to perform a stunning show for over three hours to an audience of 1,000 in a hall capable of holding 1,500.
In March he sold more than 15,000 tickets over three consecutive nights at the Royal Albert Hall.
🎵 Steven Wilson on stage at Portland …
How many people in the audience saw us play Seattle last night?
calls and noises and - maybe 30 people were counted ….
Because if you thought that show was compromised … welcome to Portland!
There are a series of posts that I am publishing at People First that are my simple, beginners attempt to capture stories about people I meet.
I announced them here.
They are catalogued under ‘Travels Without Charley’ here if you are interested.
People: Sarah
She was alone at the bar … a glass of water, a giant pile of French fries and a separate bowl of potato chips sat in front of her. The seats on either side of her were empty at an otherwise full bar.
“No” she said. “Nobody is sitting there”
I took a seat, introduced myself and she said her name was Sarah. I ordered a beverage.
People: John and Mary
They were from Massachusetts. This was the start of their fourth month on the road - thousands of miles away from their home.
Mary was stood watching John who was lying on his back under the car.
People: Gina
Gina told me that her husband was a magician. A very good magician.
Turns out that he is also a maths teacher. That’s how he makes is money. He really wants to make his living as a magician. Magic is is his passion.
People: Dan
Dan knew what he was doing. He offered me an Amber Ale from his selection. It was glorious. Arguably one of the best Amber’s I had ever tasted.
… need to read more about this … but what is a union if not a banding together of employees?
There are two sets of laws in America … Theranos, backed by the rich and powerful gets to play again.
There wasn’t even a threat of prison.
I am guessing that as a former Wall Streeter, she has a few green backs parked in a safe place to do this.
Not an easy strategy for most people.
Paul Ryan’s House Is Collapsing
Couldn’t happen to a nicer chap.
Teen phone tracking app exposed thousands of Apple accounts
(For) TeenSafe to work you have to turn off Apple’s two-factor authentication to use it on an iOS device, making it easy for an intruder to sign in with another device and look at a teen’s iCloud data.
Oh the irony!
People: Candy
I met Candy while she was having dinner with her beau ... Brian. She is a truck driver who operates as far North as Seattle and as far South as San Jose.
People: Caroline and Marcus
Caroline and Marcus had arrived in the US a couple of days earlier, most of their two-week sojourn in front of them.
People: Stevie
Stevie was unsteady on his feet. He walked slowly. He didn’t seem to have much money. He was visiting the area because he had a hospital appointment.
People: Jeff and Emma
Jeff had worked in Somerset for 4 years. Emma's mother was born in England. Now they lived in America. Together.
A People First Update
People First has a big vision and is moving forward on a variety of initiatives. Life is too short to record it all in detail here ... so I am choosing to reference a few (in alphabetical order);
- (The) Business Of Identity
- CH-MRC
- Digital Puerto Rico
- IndieWeb
- Internet Identity Workshop
- Lost Identity
Some are large far-reaching initiatives some are small ideas. Some I am just interested in, others I am helping get established. I believe all are designed to help 'move the can down the road' in different ways. (The can being that which we each need to move forward to create a better world where people and their humanity are not afterthoughts but at the center of thinking, decisions and action.
And that human-centered perspective got me to thinking about people - and their stories.
So, in parallel with these initiatives, we are also pivoting the site, including moving the blog front and center and dropping the 'WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHow' pages to a supporting role on the site.
We are also announcing the introduction of a new theme of posts categorized as 'Travels Without Charley' - tipping cap, doffing hat, nodding head vigorously towards one John Steinbeck.
When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.
💬 John Steinbeck