Jasonisms

Do you miss the #Windows Phone or are you just so ensconced in the #Microsoft ecosystem that you prefer a Windows launcher on your Android device? Well, you're in luck, Microsoft is making your dreams a reality. https://www.geekwire.com/2018/longtime-windows-phone-fan-tries-microsoft-launcher-app-android/

Remember the good ol' days when privacy was just that - private? No? Well, you may be a millennial. But ever since Google came blasting onto the scene with their free  services where they collected information about you and me in order to sell that information to third-party advertisers. Once Google made this process their modus operandi  and swiftly made more money than most of us - heck, more than some nation-states - everyone else quickly jumped on board. This platform isn't necessarily bad for the user as long as the user [1] knows what's going on, [2] has control over what data is collected, or [3] has the ability to opt-out, even if that means incurring a fee. For example, I pay for a GSuite account. I'm paying money for a service through my own personal domain. Should Google also make money on the backend with my personal data? According to the United States Congress, everyone should be allowed to make money off your personal data , even if you'd rather the...

I'm not using Windows 8. I don't know if I will in the forseeable future. However, if I do one day use Windows 8 I'd like to know there's a cheat sheet out there for me to glance at once in a while. I like cheat sheets, don't you? Maybe I'll remember to come back and check out this post. Chances are I won't. I'm forgetful like that. Note: I did not create this sheet, it was shared with me in it's current PDF form. Link to PDF on GDrive

I just had a friend call me and ask if I tried to share anything over WMP with her. Of course not, I didn't even know WMP could share with other people. She said she received an invite from me on her WinVista computer, not through email or chat or anything, wanting her to accept my sharing request. Um, aside from a short 30 second video I watched earlier today I haven't used WMP in months and I sure as hell don't go around sharing everything I do with WMP. Which begs the question: are we sharing too much? Facebook and Google seem to think we want to share every aspect of our lives. Google at least learned and now sharing is an option, but FB wants you and me to share everything we do online -- from their infamous "Like" button to their FacebookConnect service. And now our native running programs want to share what we're doing? That's kind of annoying. Not to mention I'm not even sure if Microsoft WMP even does  share anything with other compute...