Internet DNA - UX, Design and Tech musings
By Internet DNA
Internet DNA - UX, Design and Tech musingsApr 08, 2019
Should I sell on Amazon or other platforms as an Artist
The new season, we discuss the pro's and con's of selling on the different marketing platforms, Amazon, Etsy, Ebay, Facebook market place. Not to be too much of a spoiler, but as an artist it's hard! Learn what we learned, and find out a little about the Vikings while you're there.
Everything you wanted to know about the dark web but were too afraid to ask
There may be monsters in the dark web but one man's monsters is another mans salvation and who are we to police freedom of speech Putting aside for a moment all the totally illegal stuff that I think we all agree is illegal; the more conversation is censored, in any country... even ours, the more we need somewhere to freely communicate. Now, anonymity does bring out a dark side of humanity, but we can't shut down hope as a consequence. This is all things about the dark web you wanted to know but were too afraid to ask... in case someone is watching ;)
Wearable tech, smart clothes, or just the wrong pants...
Why can't computers tell good jokes? Do you know what the first wearable tech was? Not some cheating cowboys in a casino but a watch, you did know that one. Well how about virus zapping jumpers, flirting robots, bras that know when you are running., lobsters that don't age, octopus who live forever. and technology that becomes biology, join us... but don't forget to wear the right pants.
Do we like working from home?
The pros and cons of working from your bedroom; from someone used to getting the train every day to someone used to freelancing at home. Can our mental health, creativity and new business engagement survive it, are some in a honeymoon period of cozy slippers and how do businesses manage their culture from afar. Will the remote manager be a different fish from the in person plaice? And finally how do you run a successful zoom workshop, apparently it involves roses!
Story Telling as a Marketing Tool
What? Why? How? Exactly, that is the reason for our discussion today. Filling you in on all you need to know about creating a story for your business and how this helps growth, loyalty and ultimately success. Peppered with some strange and interesting facts as always.
What is Chaos Engineering?
The Simian army is coming to a server near you. With chaos monkeys, doctor monkeys, chaos apes janitor monkeys and the perfect Facebook storm. Is chaos engineering the best way to test a system's robustness and what happens when a monkey actually does a good job? We look at the twitter hacking, NHS virus and engineering through elasticity not scale, and well, best listen in to the pitter patter of little monkey feet.
New Digital Banking
Neo banks, digital banks, online only banks you name it, they are probably called it. Why haven't we swapped? Is it really loyalty or love of our bank or we are just too lazy to change? We dissect online banking, open banking and did you know that you are only limited to buying 4 gold coins, and the UK government can just take it off you if they get in a sticky situation, like now! ... read on.
ps. sorry for the slight muffle it is only at the beginning.
The Covid-19 Track & Trace App
Dear Santa, why can’t Google and Apple let governments use Bluetooth in a way enables their track and trace apps to work when they seem to be able to do it for their track and trace apps? For Christmas, or preferably sooner, can you just make them do that.
How honest is Google - we explain the Covid-19 track and trace apps in more detail and touch on the scary side of privacy, where do you stand? And Dan says he's not weird about data, but I think we can be the judge of that.
Can apps change our life for the better?
We take a look at the apps out there, to see if there is anything that we really couldn't or shouldn't live without. But do we need a cake delivery app, family list maker, app to stop you fiddling with other apps, apps to help you buy more, feel more, do more. And what if these apps are bit by bit reducing our freedom and civil liabilities? Are we in fact sleepwalking back to 1984 and what is the real cost of track and trace and Huawei.
Is technology making us richer or poorer?
Bill Gates created corona virus - you heard it here first, or second, or third - so that he can then fine the vaccine, uh? yes well, moving on Abi gets carried away with a long list of 'cant live without' apps that she really can live without. While Dan thinks there is a social movement to off grid living, and that this may drive the tech needed to accelerate developing countries further into the digital future We need radicals, but alas that isn't Dan. Instead we sum up our findings on whether tech is helping us or not
The New Google Recaptcha
Were people really hording loo roll?
Gamification leading on where the porn industry left off
Does a leader board, 100k+ followers or super hosts actually just put the rest of us mere morals off and how does this play out with morale in educational games? Dan has a rant about loot boxes (again!)... and then we move on to the finance industry magicking money out of the air. Errrrr might we get some negative feedback? You will have to listen.
What if the Coronavirus hit in the 1980's?
The best laptop for kids, now that we are all homeschooling
Do we all need a 3D Printer.. yet?
The Internet of Things (IoT)
Big data has always been used for good and bad so the more connected our devices the more companies know and the more they can use this for... or against us.
But what about the good in emergency services, supermarkets, global emissions and greening our planet? Or perhaps the netflix-atisation of our fridge? What if this connected world could help us save money. Forget uswitch, just use AI to always put us on the right tariff, and cancel unused subscriptions.
Then there is self mending machines, roads, trains and even humans! Imagine not having to get rail replacement buses ever again. We are in an age of digital dis-harmonisation - who doesn't shout at their device. Can IoT change that, will we start to love alexa?
Internet Safety for Children
Should we be using a different search engine?
January App Purge
Amniots and the transition through augmented to immersive virtual reality
WARNING: perhaps don't take a Solpadeine when trying to do a podcast as you may sound like you are already in that amniotic fluid... as Abi does.
Ludicrous Predictions for 2020 and beyond
5G and buckets of bandwidth
Decision making Paralysis
Is the internet making us stupid?
The difference between UI & UX
Is another Tech Bubble about to burst?
Technology and its role in climate change
Or maybe the actual best solution to climate change is removing humans altogether... and perhaps farty cows - if we tasked an AI with solving climate change, would this be it's solution?