ljensen
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Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
I'm glad that you like the idea.
Here's the official privacy policy: http://roadrules.co/terms/privacy.html
We're trying to maintain everyone's privacy while offering a helpful service. Some ways that we are doing that include
- In the app, the user has a white list to manage who can request location and availability data. - Maintaining as much data on the phone as possible (versus sending it to the cloud).
Comment · 14 years ago
In terms of predicting customers' behavior, this concept of holding a human context to Big Data is best illustrated with the story earlier this year in which Target predicted that a teenage girl was pregnant:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...
In terms of predicting financial meltdowns, I'm interested in seeing how MIT thinks their data will change human behavior. For the most part, people know when financial bubbles are not sustainable; they just choose not to act.
Comment · 14 years ago
Clinton's speech at the DNC emphasized updating Americans' skillset as a "pull strategy".
As it relates to tech, this means enabling people to apply technology to leverage their current skillset; from manufacturing jobs to the arts.
As it relates to entrepreneurship, this means investing in programs that encourage entrepreneurship - of any industry - throughout country. YC is an efficient model for entrepreneurship in tech. In the beer industry, the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program (http://btad.samueladams.com/) is another good model because it offers a variety of resources and levels of assistance.
Comment · 14 years ago
People have posted many videos/blog posts about how easy it is to open a hotel safe if the hotel fails to reset the factory code:
http://www.dailydot.com/news/hotel-safe-security-flaw/
Since seeing this video last year, I have yet to find a hotel safe the I can open with all zeros. In the end, I figure that if someone really wants to steal my stuff, they'll eventually find a way.
Comment · 14 years ago
This undermines my basic assessment that if a business on Yelp has at least 100 reviews, it compelled enough people to respond an is worth checking out. I'm still able to use this methodology on Foursquare; if people consistently check into a place, it can't be that bad.
Going forward, we're researching ideas on how to tell the difference.