The kiddo has been keen to grow mushrooms at home. So, I followed Jennifer Ferreira’s lead, and ordered a growing kit from GroCycle. After placing my order, I got an e-mail confirming it, and promising to send me a notification when the order had been dispatched: The next day, the amount was deducted from my credit … Continue reading How inflated expectations can spoil a good experience
Planning a digital marketing campaign – Interview with @nelspoon
Last week I ran a session on Digital Marketing Campaigns, for the MBA class at City University Hong Kong. Nelson Jordan – a former student of mine who went on to pursue a very successful career in marketing - joined us as a guest speaker. We talked about his career, the range of clients he … Continue reading Planning a digital marketing campaign – Interview with @nelspoon
New paper: “Productive employment and decent work: The impact of AI adoption on psychological contracts, job engagement and employee trust”
Ashley Braganza, Weifeng Chen, Serap Sap and myself just had a paper published in the Journal of Business Research. The title of the paper is “Productive Employment and Decent Work: The Impact of AI Adoption on Psychological Contracts, Job Engagement and Employee Trust”. The paper examines the effect of the combined emerging work practices of gig work and AI-enabled work automation, … Continue reading New paper: “Productive employment and decent work: The impact of AI adoption on psychological contracts, job engagement and employee trust”
The A-level algorithm debacle shows us that algorithms + poor data = myths with a veneer of legitimacy
UK students due to sit exams this Spring (for instance, A-level exams, for entrance into University), saw their examinations cancelled, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the need to avoid group gatherings. Instead, as explained in the gov.uk website: “For each student, schools and colleges have provided a ‘centre assessment grade’ for each … Continue reading The A-level algorithm debacle shows us that algorithms + poor data = myths with a veneer of legitimacy
Social media and academia – podcast
This is a very interesting interview / chat between Mark Carrigan and Inger Mewburn about the significance of social media for academics, and some of the associated challenges. Mark Carrigan is a social theorist at Cambridge University, and he is also the author of the book “Social Media for Academics”. [Side note: I am organising … Continue reading Social media and academia – podcast
Tech entrepreneurs and computing experts need training in social sciences
Some time ago, I was around a dinner table with some tech entrepreneurs, when I said that sociology should be a compulsory module in computer science courses, because most tech entrepreneurs and computing experts clearly lack a basic understanding of human behaviour, which creates a lot of problems for the rest of us. As you … Continue reading Tech entrepreneurs and computing experts need training in social sciences
Teens’ attitudes towards online privacy and online safety
There is the stereotype that “kids these days” share too much on social media, about themselves and about their actions, without much care or concern. And, then, there is also that other stereotype that “kids these days” are so obsessed with image that they carefully curate the images that they share, thoughtfully choose the … Continue reading Teens’ attitudes towards online privacy and online safety
July 2020 round-up
Last month, I wrote that “all going well, we will be moving at the end of July (please keep your fingers crossed for me – I really need things to not go pear shaped, this time)”. One month later, I am happy, delighted, ecstatic to let you know that we did move! Hooray. I am … Continue reading July 2020 round-up
John Oliver on Face Recognition
A colleague of mine at Brunel, shared this video, about Facial Recognition. It captures some of the ethical challenges presented by this technology – it is well worth a watch. Key points covered in this video include: Start - How it’s depicted in media. 1min - Not just humans. 1:57 - Privacy and civil liberty … Continue reading John Oliver on Face Recognition
Someone else’s reflections on my use of technology
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post sharing some thoughts I had had (largely, of disappointment) related to my own use of technology. In that post, I noted how the iWatch had become more and more a part of my daily life; how I had mistrusted a human being for trying to bypass the … Continue reading Someone else’s reflections on my use of technology
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