Kerry Morrison

Welcome to the new world order, your information is out there, so why not have it benefit you? As the cacophonous chatter continues around Facebook’s now nearly four-year-old lax personal data protection mechanisms¹, I’d like to take a moment and give you, dear reader, a better response.

This Week: Common Legal

I turned 42 today.

Did you not see this coming?

Long before Facebook, your personal information was bought and sold, just less effectively Here is the truth about our personal data, it’s everywhere, and we have no one to blame but ourselves.

Features and facts don’t inspire, instead tell stories of a better place. Great marketers and great salespeople tell stories. They craft a vision of how the world has changed, our struggle to adapt, and our need for help. They then guide us to a better place.

Simple things to make a profound difference There are few environments like that of a startup. Unfettered optimism, manic energy, a belief in something bigger than yourself, and more often than not, no fucking idea what’s coming next.

Snap. Crackle. Pop? Snapchat is on the downslide, but there is reason to believe it could be saved, if they simply figured out the service they should actually be offering.

Our definition of computing needs re-thinking and fast