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Full story: FIR ZoomChat 2: Zoom and PrivacyThe second weekly FIR Zoom Chat hosted by Shel and Neville includes a robust discussion with a group of FIR listeners of criticism leveled at the increasingly popular videoconferencing tool, Zoom, and the response from the company’s CEO. Links: A Message to Our Users from Zoom founder and CEO, Eric Yuan, April 1. The Zoom Privacy Backlash Is Only Getting Started – Wired, April 1. Everybody seems to be using Zoom. But its security flaws could leave users at risk.…
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Full story: Opportunity zoomsAt a time when massive chunks of the economy are getting crushed, it’s obviously preferable to see your brand enjoying new awareness and engagement. But nobody wants to come across as a “crisis capitalizer,” swooping into a global tragedy with self-interest in mind. And this brings us back to Zoom and how it serves as a useful example of the tricky business of navigating a pandemic branding event. Marker: https://marker.medium.com/when-a-pandemic-becomes-a-companys-ultimate-branding-opportunity-85894616364b#384c (Photo by Allie Smith on Unsplash)
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Full story: FIR ZoomChat 1: The post-pandemic Future of WorkWhile many of us are under jurisdictional orders to remain in our homes, we can still get together socially. That’s just what Neville, Shel, and more than a dozen FIR listeners did on Thursday, March 26, using Zoom. This roughly 30-minute discussion focused mainly on how work will change in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. We are planning to host conversations via Zoom every Thursday at 1pm EDT / 6pm BST / 7pm CET. Watch this space (or follow…
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Full story: SDF 33: Convolvulus, Coronavirus & the Thomas theoremCoronavirus, COVID-19 and the great mis-infodemic are centre stage in this episode 33 of the Small Data Forum podcast. The global pandemic provides Thomas Stoeckle, Sam Knowles and I with an array of topics to dissect and discuss as we take solace from the wisdom of the superforecasting capabilities of Asterix and his indomitable Gauls. “If men define situations as real, they are real in their consequence,” writes Thomas in the show notes. This little known sociological formula from the…












