Food for Agile Thought #192

How to give an elevator story that people actually listen to

You can bump into your bosss boss anywhere. Heres how to be ready with an elevator story. You could be anywhere when you bump into someone who is important to your career. It might be your bosss boss, your CEO, or your key customer. How do you take advantage of this interaction? After all, you probably dont have very long to seize the opportunitymaybe 45 seconds at most.Read Full Story

Why a U.S. federal privacy law could be worse than no law at all

Congress could help provide long-awaited privacy protections for Americans, but it also risks halting important experimentation. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis called privacy the right to be let alone. Perhaps Congress should give states trying to protect consumer data the same right.Read Full Story

Eurovision Song Contest 2019: Where to live-stream it and where the YouTube is blocked

The biggest song contest of the year is happening today, but viewers in many territories around the world wont be able to see it. The biggest, kitschiest, campiest, and often most controversial song contest of the year is happening today, but viewers in many territories around the world wont be able to see it. The Eurovision Song Contest may not be a household name in the United States, but it attracts about 186 million global viewers, and some 41 countries participate, mostly in Europe. The contest is presented by theEuropean Broadcasting Union.Read Full Story

Our coming DNA nightmare, as outlined by a dystopian graphic novel

Science fiction often provides a valuable roadmap for thinking about the future. In the case of Legend of Sumeria the future has arrived. Back in 2011, the analyst Peter Sondergaard famously told the business world, Information is the oil of the 21st century, and analytics is the combustion engine. Since then, weve entered a new age of data harvesting, one where your social media profile, GPS coordinates, and even your face are fair game for corporations. The holy grail, however, isnt going to be someones search history or shampoo preferenceitll be their DNA.Read Full Story

Finally, child data privacy could get much-needed reform in new bill

The Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act, which was passed decades ago, could finally see a long-overdue update for an era in which social media and IoT devices present new risks. In the early days of the internet, the U.S. government passed The Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Its flawsthe ease with which children can fake their age, and no protection against adshave only become more glaring over 20 years later, with 98% of U.S. households now owning a mobile device accessible to kids, and 42% of children having their own device. Read Full Story

How to watch the 2019 PGA Championship on CBS and TNT live without cable

For the cord cutters! After Tiger Woodss big win at the 2019 Masters last month, a lot of people are suddenly into watching golf again. While Woods failed to advance this weekend in the PGA Championship, there are still plenty of reasons to stay tuned. The tournament will continue through Sunday, with two major networks bringing you all the action (inasmuch as action actually happens in golf without Tiger Woods). Heres the lineup and coverage schedule of the remaining matches:Read Full Story

Have you tried plogging, the Instagram trend that might be the sustainable sport of the future?

Plogging is a portmanteau of jogging and the Swedish word for pick up. I was scrolling through Instagram last week when an ad suggesting I go plogging caught my eye. I decided not to look it up on Urban Dictionary, but assumed it would be there, and wouldnt be pleasant. The next day an email in my inbox asked me to sign a petition to make plogging an Olympic sport. As an Oregonian, I figured it must have something to do with logging, because if theres one thing I learned at field day in lumber country, its that log rolls are a good way to work up a sweat. But it turns out that plogging doesnt involve logs. It involves garbage: Its a fitness craze imported from Sweden, and it just might be the sustainable sport of the future.Read Full Story