Tech – Tony Tam

Link: NYT – It’s Time to Unfriend the Internet

About Facebook Nor does she mince words when taking on one behemoth in particular. “I hate it,” she writes. “The company is one of the biggest mistakes in modern history, a digital cesspool that, while calamitous when it fails, is at its most dangerous when it works as intended. Facebook is an ant farm of […]

by Tony Tam

Be onguard about your data with anything on Facebook

Wednesday’s report from TechCrunch of an “exposed server” that “contained more than 419 million records over several databases on users across geographies, including 133 million records on U.S.-based Facebook users, 18 million records of users in the U.K., and another with more than 50 million records on users in Vietnam.”

by Tony Tam

We Need Sponsors, Not Just Mentors

Mentors can listen, give advice, but sponsors can speak up, create opportunities and provide real time feedback. For under represented workers, having a mentor is great, but having a sponsor makes a world of difference!

by Tony Tam

link: NYTimes: She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next?

Thank You Susan! She’s 26, and Brought Down Uber’s C.E.O. What’s Next? https://nyti.ms/2gVN51t

by Tony Tam

Proposal : Ways For Yelp Business Owners To Engage With Their Most Loyal Customers

Yelp is a marketplace connecting small business owners with their customers. New customers want to find small businesses (restaurants, plumbers, dentists) who are near them, with high trustworthy user reviews and matches their needs. For restaurants, it might be the type of cuisine, a particular food item, atmosphere. For a dentist, it might be a […]

by Tony Tam

vi

Linux Mag asked Bill Joy (creator of VI): “So you didn’t really write vi in one weekend like everybody says?” No. It took a long time. It was really hard to do because you’ve got to remember that I was trying to make it usable over a 300 baud modem. That’s also the reason you have […]

by Tony Tam

Tony’s bashing of Apple iPhone

Those who have ever talked with me know I am not a fan of the iPhone. I have never owned an iPhone, but my family does. I do have the Mac laptops and I have owned the first generation iPad. When the iPhone first came out, I chose other phones because of the lack of […]

by Tony Tam

link: Podcast What will it take for Uber to change? #deleteuber

New York Times technology reporter Mike Isaac talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and The Verge’s Lauren Goode about the controversies that have plagued Uber for the past two months. In a new profile of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, Isaac reported that the company ran afoul of Apple’s rules by keeping track of the iPhones on […]

by Tony Tam

Dear LinkedIn, Make Diversity Data Transparent For All Companies?

Dear LinkedIn, You are the only service out there to discover data about companies both private and public, what type of employees work there, which universities the employees graduated from and lots of other useful data about the professional lives of the workers. LinkedIn is a fantastic service for professionals. There have been many articles in recent years […]

by Tony Tam

NYTimes: Apple iPhone, Once a Status Symbol in China, Loses Its Luster

Apple iPhone, Once a Status Symbol in China, Loses Its Luster http://nyti.ms/1VChAbY “I like Apple a lot,” she said. “I use an Apple computer. But in recent years, especially after I tried my friends’ Android phones, I realized that the brand has lost a bit of its charm.”