Jessamyn West
Person on 4 sites
Jessamyn West is an American library technologist and writer who works on the digital divide.
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7 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Born: 5 September 1968 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Education: Hampshire College; Master of Librarianship, University of Washington (opens wiqqi.app)
- MetaFilter: Director of Operations 2005 to 2014 (opens wiqqi.app)
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4 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Mastodon: @jessamyn@glammr.us (opens glammr.us)
“I live in the neighborhood where most kids in the county come to trick or treat, primarily because there's a downtown event earlier in the day and the streets are empty and houses are close together. I've been giving…”
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GitHub: @jessamynwest (opens github.com)
“jessamynwest — fancy new README”
- Site: jessamyn.com (opens jessamyn.com)
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Mastodon: @jessamyn@glammr.us (opens glammr.us)
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7 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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A person who does not pay for a product is often the product being sold to advertisers. (opens korrents.com)
“if you're not paying for the product (and sometimes even if you are) then you ARE the product.”
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Deceptive software design makes declining a personal-data request harder to find than agreeing to it. (opens korrents.com)
“Deceptive patterns built into software designs means that the way to say "no" to a software's request (for your personal details) is often smaller and harder to see than the one where you input your personal data.”
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Companies that publicly deny tracking users are often tracking them anyway, and face no real penalty for lying about it. (opens korrents.com)
“We know through research and journalism that even websites and companies which say they are not tracking people are often tracking people and we only find out through lawsuits. They just lie. There is no real penalty…”
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A person who does not pay for a product is often the product being sold to advertisers. (opens korrents.com)
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14 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Scrivener (opens rcmnd.app)
“I used Scrivener to write my book, it's the best thing there is.”
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Brother HL-2170W (opens rcmnd.app)
“I still have to print and mail a ton of stuff, so my Brother HL-2170W has become the only printer I have not despised.”
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Taco HTML edit (opens rcmnd.app)
“I'm using an old version of Taco HTML edit to write this because it's bog-simple and does exactly what I want.”
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Scrivener (opens rcmnd.app)