Monthly Archives: March 2016
Baidu Security Holes
A recent article and report on privacy security issues with the Baidu browser raised questions around government influence that encourages the release of unsafe software into the hands of consumers, and the related issues of encryption, and data collected by search engines more broadly. In the U.S., the debate around encryption has put producers, who are generally pro-encryption, and government […]
NYC Garbage Distribution and Disposal
Link to map. Data Sources I used this GeoJSON of NYC Community Districts and Joint Interest Areas from nyc.gov. I did not include “Joint Interest Areas, a/k/a JIAs, are public parks, waterways, major governmental installations and similar land uses which are not located within bounding community districts. Examples are Central Park, Van Cortlandt Park, LaGuardia and JFK […]
User Testing
This week I tested my paper prototype of my counter application, which I did iterate once based on one person’s feedback. I realized as I tested that I probably should have made empty screens, since the pre-populated ones that showed functionality seemed to confuse people. I asked three of my coworkers and my parents to […]