Social Business

Where is the Empathy in Tracking Our Children Online?

Behavioral tracking of individuals through technologies is far from innovative. Today we are surveilled more often and more smartly, than any other time in history. Data is today’s currency, data about adults and now our children. In this social insight, I share about an article I discussed with Jim Jacoby and Jim Cohen during our Design in the Moment podcast. The article was about the development of a new browser plugin that helps parents track their children’s web activity.

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For the Love of Drone Delivery

The way many of us think about a drone is as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed and used for military operations; or for nonmilitary security work, such as surveillance. We don’t think of a drone as the continuous sound of a note or a musical chord we love; or as a powdered white drug designed to make us feel high. Could we ever come to love drones? We discuss the possible human impact of Jeff Bezos proposal for Amazon Drone Delivery and how we think and feel about its potential in messy human terms.

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Learning the Art of Social Spaces

Our social spaces are important not just because they might keep us warm or dry on a cold winters day; offer us a place for food or drink or transport to and from work. Our social spaces ~ the cafes, libraries, museums, galleries, trains, buses restaurants, and even our hallways ~ are important spaces because they are where our moments of joy, sadness, our most creative work and where our personal selves are shared with others. In this interview with Carol Jones we learn about what inspired the social design of Chapter Arts (UK).

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