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Do you know where your data is?

When we first began the Me2B Alliance, our central thesis was that technology was unknowable by everyday people. And we held, perhaps, a tacit corollary that industry abused and exploited the natural opacity and unknowability of technology. What we’ve learned, however, over the course of creating our yardstick to measure the behavior of technology, and applying that yardstick to websites and apps, is that there is an appreciable amount of “unknowability” on the part of technology makers as well.

[Simple] How technology changes our sense of right and wrong (Video: 7:17min)

What drives society's understanding of right and wrong? In this thought-provoking talk, futurist Juan Enriquez offers a historical outlook on what humanity once deemed acceptable -- from human sacrifice and public executions to slavery and eating meat -- and makes a surprising case that exponential advances in technology leads to more ethical behavior.

[Intermediate] Women in Tech Report

Where are we now? Understanding the evolution of women in technology.

Overlays Capture Architecture

OCA is a standardised global solution for data capture, providing a positive alternative to current architectures. Primarily devised for data object interoperability and privacy compliant data sharing, OCA promises to significantly enhance the ability to pool data more effectively in terms of simplicity, accuracy, and allocation of resources.

Local-first software (PDF)

In this article Ink & Switch propose “local-first software”: a set of principles for software that enables both collaboration and ownership for users. Local-first ideals include the ability to work offline and collaborate across multiple devices, while also improving the security, privacy, long-term preservation, and user control of data.