https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/public/ recent bookmarks from matthewmcvickar 2020-03-10T04:08:27+00:00 https://psmag.com/news/dylann-roof-google-algorithms matthewmcvickar Why, when he asked Google his question, was he directed to a white nationalist website trading in vicious propaganda, rather than to accurate statistics provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or the Southern Poverty Law Center? Had he gone to the FBI's webpage, he would have learned that the vast majority of violence against white Americans is committed by white Americans, and that the vast majority of violence against black Americans is committed by black Americans. Had his first hit been the SPLC, he'd have read that the Council of Conservative Citizens is "the modern reincarnation of the old White Citizens Councils," an organization that has "evolved into a crudely white supremacist group." Of course, it may not have mattered. Noble does not necessarily assume that the Charleston massacre would have been averted if these legitimate websites had ranked ahead of white supremacist ones. Roof was quite possibly looking for what his sick predisposition wanted to find, and would have scrolled for pages to find it. But she does rightly hypothesize that Roof's fated search touches upon the larger cultural relationship between search engine optimization and the perpetuation of racial ideologies rooted in a legacy of prejudice dating back to Jim Crow and chattel slavery.]]> racism google tech https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:f35b116aaa67/ 2019-07-26T04:35:02+00:00 https://calibreapp.com/blog/how-pagespeed-works/ matthewmcvickarIn this article, we uncover how PageSpeed calculates its critical speed score.]]> webdevelopment google seo https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:2253a8664a4e/ 2018-12-22T06:18:30+00:00 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/12/your-iphone-selfies-dont-look-like-your-face/578353/ matthewmcvickarSince the 19th century, cameras have been able to capture images at different speeds, wavelengths, and magnifications, which reveal previously hidden worlds. What’s fascinating about the current changes in phone photography is that they are as much about revealing what we want to look like as they are investigations of the world. It’s as if we’ve discovered a probe for finding and sharing versions of our faces—or even ourselves—and it’s this process that now drives the behavior of the most innovative, most profitable companies in the world.]]> photography technology apple google https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:bac9be723c8b/ 2013-11-27T16:16:47+00:00 https://medium.com/articles-by-bn2b/1f546eded5c2 matthewmcvickarThey all laugh.]]> google humor https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:b3874d0daa7c/ 2013-08-01T23:50:01+00:00 https://medium.com/something-like-falling/2e7d13e54724 matthewmcvickarBut my son’s reading habits combined with my search for a pressure cooker and my husband’s search for a backpack set off an alarm of sorts at the joint terrorism task force headquarters.]]> security terrorism privacy google https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:098e23753b80/ 2013-04-05T02:21:11+00:00 http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2013/04/blink.html matthewmcvickar browser google apple webdevelopment https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:144827bcf049/ 2013-04-04T09:33:33+00:00 http://blogs.msdn.com/b/jw_on_tech/archive/2012/03/13/why-i-left-google.aspx matthewmcvickarThe old Google made a fortune on ads because they had good content. It was like TV used to be: make the best show and you get the most ad revenue from commercials. The new Google seems more focused on the commercials themselves.]]> advertising business facebook google social internet https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:70707ba83f81/ 2012-12-19T04:53:56+00:00 http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/12/18/instagram_privacy_uproar_why_it_s_absurd_in_three_nearly_identical_sentences.html matthewmcvickarOn the bright side, by interpreting the confusing policy in the most alarming possible light, the tech press has forced Instagram to toe the line more carefully than it otherwise might have. That's a win for users]]> internet instagram facebook twitter google panic privacy technology https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:24afb52e153a/ 2012-08-01T03:03:24+00:00 http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/07/11/avoiding-faux-weights-styles-google-web-fonts/ matthewmcvickarIf you’re using Google Web Fonts on your websites, then there’s a very good chance that 1 in 5 visitors are seeing faux bold and italic versions of your fonts — even if you correctly selected and used all of the weights and styles. That’s because the implementation method recommended by Google Web Fonts doesn’t work with Internet Explorer 7 or 8.]]> fonts google typography webdesign https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:3684a98dc408/ 2012-03-18T18:58:37+00:00 http://www.stratocam.com/ matthewmcvickarEnjoy the best Google Maps satellite imagery around the world.]]> googlemaps earth google maps https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:d144bcda0dd0/ 2012-02-12T04:21:00+00:00 http://waxy.org/2012/02/the_perpetual_invisible_window_into_your_gmail_inbox/ matthewmcvickar facebook google security oauth web https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:4a9600339104/ 2010-08-10T06:47:07+00:00 http://www.getmetricmail.com/ matthewmcvickar google analytics email statistics webdevelopment googleanalytics https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:62506e699ff0/ 2010-05-31T03:03:33+00:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/print/2010/04/how-to-save-the-news/8095/ matthewmcvickar news journalism google internet information economics media newspaper https://pinboard.in/u:matthewmcvickar/b:a5b26e865fea/