Stories by: SocialSecurity: David Heath

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yARN: Social obligation in the connected age 05 March, 2012 09:09:00

I am frequently given pause to stare (somewhat open mouthed) at those around me as I watch them itching to get out their smart phone, iDevice or other tablet to update their Twitter friends; to add still more of life’s minutiae to their Facebook page; to send someone a TXT message; to tend to their ‘farm’ (or whatever the latest Zynga game theme is).
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yARN: Where do the data play? 09 January, 2012 14:48:00

There’s an old Cat Stevens song (yes, I’m old enough to remember!) called Where Do the Children Play? The song speaks to a rapidly changing and evolving environment and uses the metaphor of the loss of children’s play space to the needs of the wealthy to explain inner urban life.
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yARN: Big new threats make for great job security 24 November, 2011 11:54:00

'Yet again, incompetence is saved by technology and shrill media reportage'
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yARN: The cult of excellence (life isn’t fair) 14 November, 2011 11:05:00

A sad reflection on the cult of excellence
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yARN: WikiLeaks - a retrospective 31 October, 2011 12:34:00

Shooting star, or supernova (choose your preferred metaphor), either-way, WikiLeaks has shone incredibly brightly over a rather short period. And during that time, quite a few people have been burned by the experience.
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yARN: Identity as we know it is dead 17 October, 2011 10:01:00

“Criminals have been stunningly successful at compromises, what they haven’t been so efficient at, which they will improve at over time by the way, is exploiting the information that they’ve compromised.
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yARN: Memo everyone ... Your computer is not a toaster 28 September, 2011 14:52:00

Just like the Microwave, the blender and the coffee machine, your toaster is a simple appliance; designed to perform a single specific task. Your computer is not.
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yARN: What is a “right to privacy?” 14 September, 2011 16:35:00

Much has been made of the past few years (ummm decades?) of the erosion of privacy. We have Scott McNealy (of Sun Microsystems at the time) telling us "you have zero privacy anyway, get over it".
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yARN: Gen-Y can’t be undercover cops 01 September, 2011 11:40:00

Face recognition is great; the greatest thing since sliced bread. Especially when it helps us remember who we met at that rather over-indulged weekend (when we meet them again!). It’s also not too shabby at the Immigration gate at most Australian International airports. However, there are times when our face should (probably) not be recognised.
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yARN: Remember, remember, the fifth of November 18 August, 2011 18:09:00

The recent YouTube video from Anonymous threatening a diabolical attack upon Facebook on November 5 continues a long tradition of civil unrest.
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yARN: Dunning-Kruger and the case of the misplaced confidence 11 August, 2011 10:26:00

Charles Darwin once said, “Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.”