This week in panospace

DNT Stands for “DO NOT TRACK”

Yuval Levy — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 23:10:33 +0000

Do Not Track has been around for four years, and yet website publishers do not seem to respect it. Is it so difficult to comply? No. Websites that keep delivering their users to the data miners despite the users' explicit misgiving may be exposing themselves to legal liability.

Welcome Committee: From Russia with Love

Yuval Levy — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:40:23 +0000

During last New Year’s Eve celebration our friend Erica organized games to fill the time between dinner and midnight. One of the games involved an exchange of redundant objects. We had to bring something that we do not need. Others did the same. At the end of the evening we all got rid of our […]

Tux

Yuval Levy — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:50:35 +0000

Last week I interviewed for a summer student position at a local law firm. I was surprised when the interviewers gave me their business cards on … Tux! Despite the friendly presence of the Linux mascot, I did not get a law summer job. The search continues…

Reading

Yuval Levy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:58:11 +0000

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21571136-politicians-both-right-and-left-could-learn-nordic-countries-next-supermodel

Feedback to a B2B email marketer

Yuval Levy — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 04:20:59 +0000

Advice to a B2B marketer: add value or be trimmed!

Another Good Reason

Yuval Levy — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:13:30 +0000

Say no to the data miners, reclaim your independent judgement. http://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles.html

Free Lunch

Yuval Levy — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:57:24 +0000

If a product or service is free, think whether you are the product being sold. It does not need to be so obvious as the instagram blunder. There is no such thing as a free lunch, not even on the Internet.

Facebook

Yuval Levy — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 05:31:11 +0000

Peer pressure to join Facebook has never been stronger. Much of social life at law school happens through Facebook, but the pressure is not only from students: friends and colleagues from previous lives are touting Facebook as the promised land of social networking. I disagree.

First Shopping List

Yuval Levy — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:58:55 +0000

First Shopping List

Not all ‘buntus are Born Equal

Yuval Levy — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:53:11 +0000

Precise Pangolin, or 12.04 is a long term support (LTS) release. One might think that particular care has been put into it. 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) has served me well during my first year in law school, but I thought that going on an LTS version will serve me better for the next two. Wrong.