Why is Google following me? Why do I now see advertisements for funeral insurance on my webmail page? I know I’m old, but c’mon! And right now I’m getting hotel and travel tips scattered around my regular websites, such as The Age. Just to make this perfectly clear, I’m looking at an Australian online newspaper, but am working briefly in Penang, Malaysia, and am also seeing ads for Penang hotels and restaurants. Continue reading
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A brief digression – Google
A while back I posted on Nicholas Carr’s The Shallows, and included reference to his article ‘Is Google Making Us Stupid‘. Then, out of the blue, a few days I was contacted by Tony Shin, who wanted “feedback on a graphic my team and I designed – which focuses on how the instant gratification of the Internet has affected society, our minds and made us impatient.” Continue reading