Why Privacy is important even though you have nothing to hide.

Relevant: Why Consumers Are Making Their Own Clouds.

Sleepwalking is the result of a survival mechanism gone awry.

The future of the open internet — and our way of life — is in your hands.

A handful of corporations are turning our open internet into this:

I see what you did there!

Study: half of the studies you read about in the news are wrong.

Practical Color Theory for People Who Code.

What if Sociologists Had as Much Influence as Economists?

‘Brand consultant’? ‘PR researcher’? Why the ‘bullshit jobs’ era needs to end.

Forget Coding: Writing Is Design’s “Unicorn Skill”.

Design is changing fast, and design schools risk producing students without fundamental skills needed in the industry today. Writing is one of them. After all, content is still king.

How to Break Up the Silicon Valley Boys’ Club.

Relevant: Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?

Names that Make Computers Go Crazy.

Take for example the story of Stephen O, a South Korean living in Virginia, who had several credit card applications rejected because the local banking systems could not record a single-letter last name. He was only able to get a driving license under the surname OO, then had trouble getting car insurance because the credit agency couldn't match his records. The credit bureau computers knew him as Ostephen, presumingly 'upgrading' the name from Korean to Irish. In one database, after a lengthy search, they found him as blank-blank-O. He finally gave up fighting computers and changed his name to Oh. Mr Oh didn't have a choice but to surrender to binary logic.