The trend for yearly recaps

At this time of the year, digital services “gift” to their users personalised statistics about the previous 12 or so months of engagement with their services. From Spotify's Wrapped to Duolingo’s Year in Review, Fitbit’s Year in Review to Goodreads’ Your Year in Books, these yearly recaps offer users a reflective view of their experiences … Continue reading The trend for yearly recaps

Some notes on Identity and Identification

Here are some excerpts from the identity article that I mentioned yesterday, in case you find it useful for your work. For context, I should say that, at the time, I was working on my PhD investigating money laundering detection systems, and that I wrote an opinion piece about identify fraud detection systems. Identity The … Continue reading Some notes on Identity and Identification

Of tea and serendipity

Today, over tea, I was talking with someone about how the way that others see us can be so different from how we see ourselves. The focus of the conversation was national identity, and what place we call ‘home’. That conversation reminded me of an article that I wrote nearly 10 years ago, where I … Continue reading Of tea and serendipity