Tag: digital ego

Beyond GDPR: what’s our next step in fixing surveillance capitalism?

By Adam Tinworth

Today the General Data Protection regulations kick in. And, annoying though those emails might be, they are the first step in a digital fix of the surveillance capitalism culture.
Future Fictions: Memories

By Adam Tinworth

Here’s a challenging short video: as we store more and more of the memories of our lives digitally…
Life, loss and digital data: a warning from one woman’s digital ego

By Adam Tinworth

When deeply painful life events occur, a digital ego that doesn't keep track hurts the person who created it - and the company that uses it.
The dark side of the Silicon Valley startup dream

By Adam Tinworth

Money! Coding! Beer! It's all fun in startup land, right? Well, not so much…
Technology versus Humanity

By Adam Tinworth

As we intergrate technology with our bodies are we building a better future – or a complex dystopia?
Stickers are serious business

By Adam Tinworth

Stickers in messaging apps are just fun fluff, right? Well, perhaps. Or maybe they're a new way of communicating - and big business.
The best product Apple announced this week was Apple itself

By Adam Tinworth

People often accuse Apple of being style over substance - but the style of this week's keynote was the substance. And other companies could learn from it.
Facebook’s attempt to reshape our digital egos is failing

By Adam Tinworth

Facebook is seeing falling personal sharing - and that worried the company. It's tried to force a single identity on us all - and failed.
Putting people back into the heart of digital tech

By Adam Tinworth

In the age of the digital ego, even enterprise apps need to start serving the user.