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Self-Study in May 2019

May 1, 2019 - 1 minute read - Comments - self-study-aggregationmay2019archiveashley-madisonbarry-mazurbruce-schneiercompany-valuationdatadata-archivaldata-breachdecisiondecision-makingessayinformationinformation-managementliabilitymemexpersi-diaconispersonal-knowledge-basesecurityspillspin-a-pennystanfordstated-meeting-reporttoxictoxic-assetweb-archive

The Problem of Thinking Too Much

An example of what happens when you think too much. The paralysis that comes from it

Tags: persi-diaconis, stanford, stated-meeting-report, barry-mazur, spin-a-penny, decision-making, decision

Id: e14aba08-7add-11e9-9e23-0242ac110003 Read: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:01:39 +0000

Personal web archives; a report

Creating a personal web archive, based on the tools they created.

a browser extension for storing web pages, a web archive server hosting such snapshots, a(nother) browser extension to query such archives.

Tags: web-archive, memex, personal-knowledge-base, archive, information, information-management, data-archival

Id: 3a681acc-7ade-11e9-a0d7-0242ac110003 Read: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:04:09 +0000

Internet Data Is Rotting

How the internet data is rotting. How it is even important that this rots.

Tags: personal-knowledge-base, archive, data-archival

Id: 61b02a52-7ade-11e9-82fd-0242ac110003 Read: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:05:15 +0000

Data Is a Toxic Asset, So Why Not Throw It Out?

In this essay, Bruce Schneier discusses why having data is a liability. Should only be kept when strictly needed. Also, to keep in mind the cost of keeping the data secure

Tags: security, bruce-schneier, essay, liability, ashley-madison, toxic, data, data-breach, spill, toxic-asset, company-valuation

Id: 16e89556-8220-11e9-8887-0242ac110002 Read: Wed, 29 May 2019 14:43:14 +0000

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