Monthly Archives: April 2013

We have the right to waterboard you, we have the right to force-feed you

Posted on April 30, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Medical teams are on their way to Guantanamo Bay to ´protect the prisoners´ against their hunger strike. Force-feeding has been prohibited since 1975 by the Declaration of Tokyo of the World Medical Association, provided that the prisoner is "capable of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 33 Comments

Google acquired natural langugage news aggregator WAVII, but why?

Posted on April 28, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Will we see an intelligent successor to Google Reader or was 30 million well-spent to keep Apple out of the loop? Wavii tried to use machine learning and natural language processing to give you a tailor-made news feed. Surely these … Continue reading →

Posted in Tech Posts | 26 Comments

Crisis in Spain reaches historic low: 6 million people jobless

Posted on April 25, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

It hasn´t been this bad in 37 years and at 27,2% of the population unemployment is even higher than economists predicted. Fundamental reform is clearly needed and not only in Spain. Prime-minister Mariano Rajoy states he will present new plans … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged | 37 Comments

Does income equality really lead to more trust in others?

Posted on April 24, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark have a remarkable trust in their fellow citizens, but is the income equality the cause or the effect? Germany and the Netherlands have a similar – low- inequality, but the Germans don´t share that trust in … Continue reading →

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Buying comfort is key; brands are endangered by social media

Posted on April 22, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Looking at consumer decision making is always illuminating; consumers basically hate choice and they prefer the least mental effort in the buying process. Buying a well-known brand is just one way to ease the choice and satisfy the need for … Continue reading →

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Advertiser Do Not Track me as the default. Do you agree with Microsoft?

Posted on April 22, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

Google won´t like it, but what would be the effect on the web? No tracking, no ad income, so no web OR can we go back to the old ways of untargeted ads. After all, televisions don´t spy on your … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | Tagged | 35 Comments

New personalized Suggested User List will create a new filter bubble?

Posted on April 20, 2013 by MaxHuijgen

From what I gather Google changed the SUL into a personalized version. If your interest and interaction profile matches some user´s post, he or she will be recommended to you. However it´s not that personal as it seems to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | Tagged | 65 Comments