From the desktop of Joseph Dickson
I've been pondering deleting Facebook and by extension Instagram while questioning the value of both social networks in exchange for my personal data. The recent news around Cambridge Analytica taking user data provided by Facebook and the subsequent lack of transparency by the social network is unacceptable. It won't surprise anyone that I can't justify … Continue reading “Why I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts”
Picked up Cory Doctorow‘s The Big Beautiful Tomorrow and William Gibson‘s The Peripheral from the Library this morning.
Today I poked around in PureOS a GNU/Linux distribution recently endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. So far I’m very impressed in what I can do with minimal effort. For starters, I had no problems creating a local installation of WordPress. (A necessity and a test in my line of work as a web developer.) … Continue reading “PureOS – First Impressions Gallery”