Data mining on Facebook gone too far
My neighbors lost their dog Rookie on New Years Eve. He was 17 years old, a loved member of our Dixboro neighborhood. Lois is going to miss barking at Rookie from our little hill in our backyard.
Obviously, my friend’s Facebook feed was full of regrets after she posted the news.
On New Years Day, she saw this ad on her Facebook feed:
This is not OK. This is advertising and data mining, gone too far. And isn’t all data mining of our personal information, too far? This is a year for us to take a stand. Set up ad blockers. Write to your congressional representative. Etc.
Remember, permission marketing is the only marketing that works. If your business’s strategy is to survive abusing technology because you can, you deserve to fail.
Cover Song List:
I have 300 songs in my iPad for requests, but these are the typical songs I tend to play at cover gigs:
- 3 AM (Matchbox 20)
- 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Paul Simon)
- 500 Miles (the Proclaimers)
- 867-5309/Jenny (Tommy Tutone)
- Ain’t No Sunshine/Untitled (Bill Withers/Domestic Problems)
- Alcohol (Brad Paisley)
- Alive (Pearl Jam)
- All My Loving (Beatles)
- Am I the Only One (Barenaked Ladies)
- Amber (311)
- An American Girl (Tom Petty)
- Animal (Neon Trees)
- Ants Marching (Dave Matthews Band)
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet)
- Babylon (David Gray)
- Badfish (Sublime)
- Banana Pancakes (Jack Johnson)
- Basket Case (Green Day)
- Before You Accuse Me (Eric Clapton/ Eugene McDaniels)
- Better Man (Pearl Jam)
- Billy Jean (Michael Jackson)
- Blowing in the Wind (Bob Dylan)
- Brandy (Looking Glass)
- Break on Through (the Doors)
- Brian Wilson (BNL)
- Bubble Toes (Jack Johnson)
- Buddy Holly (Weezer)
- Cecilia (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Change the World (Eric Clapton)
- Come on Get Higher (Matt Nathanson)
- Danny’s Song (Kenny Loggins)
- Don’t Ask Me Why (Billy Joel)
- Don’t Look Back in Anger (Oasis)
- Don’t Mess Around with Jim (Jim Croce)
- Don’t Stop Believing (Journey)
- Drift Away (Dobie Gray)
- Even Flow (Pearl Jam)
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Poison)
- Everybody Talks (Neon Trees)
- Fake Plastic Trees (Radiohead)
- Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
- Flagpole Sitta (Harvey Dangerfield)
- Float On (Modest Mouse)
- Fly Like an Eagle (Steve Miller Band)
- Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash)
- Found Out About You (Gin Blossoms)
- Free Falling (Tom Petty)
- Freshmen, the (Verve Pipe)
- Give a Little Bit (Supertramp)
- God Only Knows (Beach Boys)
- Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
- Here I Go Again (Whitesnake)
- Hey Ho (Lumineers)
- Hey Jealousy (Gin Blossoms)
- Hold On, We’re Going Home (Drake)
- Homeward Bound (Simon & Garfunkel)
- Hotel California (Eagles)
- I Can See Clearly Now (Johnny Nash)
- I Want You to Want Me (Cheap Trick)
- I Will Follow You into the Dark (Death Cab for Cutie)
- I’ll Stop the World and Melt with You (Modern English)
- I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)
- Inside Out (Eve 6)
- Interstate Love Song (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Island in the Sun (Weezer)
- It Ain’t Me Babe (Bob Dylan/Johnny Cash)
- It’s the End of the World (REM)
- It’s Five O’ Clock Somewhere (Alan Jackson)
- Jack and Diane (John Mellencamp)
- Joker, the (Steve Miller Band)
- Laid (James)
- Landslide (Stevie Nicks)
- Last Dance With Mary Jane (Tom Petty)
- Let Her Go (Passanger)
- Life My Fire (the Doors)
- Longview (Green Day)
- Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (Lady A.)
- Mad World (Tears for Fears; Gary Jules)
- Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
- Maneater (Hall & Oates)
- Me and Julio Down by the School Yard (Paul Simon)
- Meet Virginia (Train)
- Message in a Bottle (Sting)
- Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)
- Mrs. Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel)
- My Life (Billy Joel)
- New York, New York, (Ryan Adams)
- No Rain (Blind Melon)
- No Such Thing (John Mayer)
- Norwegian Wood (Beatles)
- Ohio (Neil Young)
- Ooh La La (Faces/Rod Stewart)
- Out of My Head (Fastball)
- Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)
- Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
- People Are Strange (the Doors)
- Pirate Looks at 40 (Jimmy Buffett)
- Plush (Stone Temple Pilots)
- Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
- Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)
- Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)
- Riptide (Vance Joy)
- Rocketman (Elton John)
- Rodeo Clowns (Jack Johnson)
- Roll to Me (Del Amitri)
- Running on Empty (Jackson Browne)
- Santeria (Sublime)
- Satellite (Dave Matthews)
- Sea of Love (Phil Phillips)
- Semi-Charmed Life (Third Eye Blind)
- Send Me on My Way (Rusted Root)
- She’s Electric (Oasis)
- She Talks to Angels (Black Crowes)
- She’s so High (Tal Bachman)
- Slide (Goo Goo Dolls)
- Smooth (Santana featuring Rob Thomas)
- So Much to Say (Dave Matthews Band)
- Solisbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
- Somebody That I Used to Know (Gotye)
- Somebody’s Crying (Chris Issak)
- Squeeze Box (the Who)
- Steal My Kisses (Ben Harper)
- Stuck in the Middle with You (Steelers’ Wheels)
- Summer Breeze (Seals and Croft)
- Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams)
- Sweat Pea (Amos Lee)
- Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
- Tainted Love (Soft Cell)
- This Love (Maroon 5)
- Tiny Dancer (Elton John)
- Two (Ryan Adams)
- Under the Bridge (RHCP)
- Ventura Highway (America)
- Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohen; Lonestar)
- Wagon Wheel (Old Crow)
- Why Georgia (John Mayer)
- Wild World (Cats Stevens)
- Wind Cries Mary (Jimi Hendrix)
- Without You (Keith Urban)
- Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
- Wonderwall (Oasis)
- Your Song (Elton John)
Irish Songs:
- A Jug of This
- All For Me Grog
- Beer, Beer, Beer
- Drink It Up Men
- Finnegan’s Wake
- Galway Bay
- Galway Girl (Steve Earle)
- Irish Drinking Song (Buck o Nine)
- Maloney Wants a Drink
- Moonshiner
- Mountain Dew
- The Juice of the Barley
- The Pub with No Beer
- The Seven Deadly Sins
- Water Is Alright in Tay
- Whisky in a Jar
- Whiskey You’re the Devil
George Lucas: The Story > The Technology
Charlie Rose interviewed George Lucas. [Watch here.]
I love George Lucas’s statement about technology: “You’re telling a story using tools, you’re not using tools to tell a story.”
(Maybe this is why the Star Wars prequels went awry?)
Natalie said to me (and I’m paraphrasing), “If it was just about the technology, these movies would only have an impact for a few years, because they would become obsolete as technology advances. It’s the stories that resonate with us, that make them last.”
What a great reminder as embark on creating new work for the new year.
What are your morning rituals to be successful?
I’ve noticed my favorite writers, company owners, and musicians often refuse to answer this question, “What is your morning routine that enable you to successful?”
Derek Sivers kind of ducks this question when Tim Ferris asks him, and instead explores his project-based interests, his long attention span.
In an interview, Seth Godin flatly said, “I’m not going to tell you. You have to find your own! It’s like asking Stephen King what pen he uses.”
How about that cliche question of asking a guitar player what type of picks he or she uses, or string gauge? That’s great that SRV used a gauge so deep, it was practically a bass string, as his low-E, but what if your hands are really small?
A little research is good, but in the end, we have to find our own roads. And worse, not having a routine will become a routine.
I’m revising mine for 2016, but I might not share it.
The Elbo Room in Chicago: WWLD?
