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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Jeff Brown · Storify]]></title><description><![CDATA[Digital & social media consultant/strategist @BrownKnowsMedia. Small business smartphone app developer, broadcaster (25 years). Blogger, movie/dog-lover & Colts fan.]]></description><link>http://storify.com/thejeffbrown</link><generator>NodeJS RSS Module</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 09:48:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://storify.com/rss/thejeffbrown" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Google and Privacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">My take on Google and issues related to privacy policy changes.</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/thejeffbrown" style="color: #429ec6;">Jeff Brown</a> · 
<span>Wed, Feb 22 2012 22:42:23</span></p><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Paranoid: Consider adding a browser extension that masks your browsing so that Google can't see what you're doing.  </div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Google Privacy Policy Criticized by State Attorneys General   buswk.co/AkXQwm</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/1320830796/SelimDizdar_normal.jpg" style="color: #429ec6;"></a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/SelimDizdar/status/172552363515719684" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Feb 22 2012 11:35:53</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">If you use Google products and often do so while signed into a Google account, you really need to take a look at their dashboard (http://google.com/dashboard).  Most people have no idea how much control they have over what information Google sees. </div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/v/9mZi68AtA5U?version=3&amp;f=videos&amp;app=youtube_gdata" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Security Now - Google Privacy Policy Clip</span> · 
<a style="color: #429ec6;"></a></div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Leo does a great job in the video above of breaking down the uneducated uproar over Google's privacy changes.</div><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Concerned about Google's new unified #privacy policy? Remove your Google Web History before it takes effect: eff.org/r.1Tc</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1786201857/EFF-logo-trans-square_normal.png" style="color: #429ec6;"></a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/EFF/status/172139532794335233" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Wed, Feb 22 2012 11:35:53</a></div></blockquote><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">If you don't want to be tracked while using Google products, then don't sign into a Google account while doing so.  I've watched people get upset about the privacy change issue and later find out they don't even have a Google account.  Huh?</div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/v/KGghlPmebCY?version=3&amp;f=videos&amp;app=youtube_gdata" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Google Privacy Policy Update</span> · 
<a style="color: #429ec6;"></a></div></div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Plain and simple.  Even I understand it.</div><div class="element text" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em;">Other points of view:</div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/v/QHQTa5y0tOU?version=3&amp;f=videos&amp;app=youtube_gdata" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Google privacy worsens...bye bye soon!</span> · 
<a style="color: #429ec6;"></a></div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/identity/google-sugarcoated-privacy-policy-changes-to-mislead-users-group-charges/272" title="Summary: The Center for Digital Democracy says Google's real reason for changing its privacy policy is to grow its business, not make life easier for users. It wants the Federal Trade Commission to enforce a consent order, fine, penalize and seek remedies." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://i.zdnet.com/gallery/6335533-130-92.jpg" alt="Google sugarcoated privacy policy changes to mislead users, group charges | ZDNet" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/identity/google-sugarcoated-privacy-policy-changes-to-mislead-users-group-charges/272" title="Summary: The Center for Digital Democracy says Google's real reason for changing its privacy policy is to grow its business, not make life easier for users. It wants the Federal Trade Commission to enforce a consent order, fine, penalize and seek remedies." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Google sugarcoated privacy policy changes to mislead users, group charges | ZDNet</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">Summary: The Center for Digital Democracy says Google's real reason for changing its privacy policy is to grow its business, not make life easier for users. It wants the Federal Trade Commission to enforce a consent order, fine, penalize and seek remedies.</div></div><div class="element video" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; width: 400px;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/v/V7M_FOhXXKM?version=3&amp;f=videos&amp;app=youtube_gdata" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" style="display: block;"></iframe><div class="meta" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; padding-top: 5px;"><span>Google, Privacy and What It Means For You</span> · 
<a style="color: #429ec6;"></a></div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=4f45df1262614463231bfafb&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fthejeffbrown" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/thejeffbrown/google-and-privacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/thejeffbrown/google-and-privacy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:42:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nashville Redistricting]]></title><description><![CDATA[<html><body><div id="storify-minimal" style="font-family: Museo Sans,Helvetica Neue,sans-serif; color: #333;"><p id="description" style="font-size: 14px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666; margin-bottom: 5px;">If you'd like a quick primer on what redistricting is, exactly, you can read this from Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redistricting</p><p id="meta" style="font-size: 12px; margin: 0; color: #999; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom: 1px dashed #ddd; margin-bottom: 20px;">Storified by <a href="http://storify.com/thejeffbrown" style="color: #429ec6;">Jeff Brown</a> · 
<span>Tue, Jan 10 2012 06:15:01</span></p><blockquote class="element twitter-tweet" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; max-width: 500px;"><p style="font-size: 20px; margin: 0; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: Georgia,serif; margin-bottom: 5px;">Please follow the redistricting in Nashville it greatly effects Maury County's future.  We have the oppurtunity to elect a new Senator.</p><div class="meta">— <a href="http://twitter.com/ScottCepicky" style="color: #429ec6;">ScottCepicky</a> · 
<a href="http://twitter.com/ScottCepicky/status/156709763449765888" class="date" style="color: #429ec6; font-size: 12px;">Tue, Jan 10 2012 04:11:33</a></div></blockquote><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=65590" title="By RICHARD LOCKER NASHVILLE (AP) — US Rep. Marsha Black-burn&amp;#39;s 7th Congressional District — which currently includes Germantown and m..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://www.nwtntoday.com/photos/File6056.png" alt="Redistricting plan adds more of Shelby County to Stephen Fincher&amp;#39;s 8th ..." style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.nwtntoday.com/news.php?viewStory=65590" title="By RICHARD LOCKER NASHVILLE (AP) — US Rep. Marsha Black-burn&amp;#39;s 7th Congressional District — which currently includes Germantown and m..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Redistricting plan adds more of Shelby County to Stephen Fincher&amp;#39;s 8th ...</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">By RICHARD LOCKER NASHVILLE (AP) — US Rep. Marsha Black-burn&amp;#39;s 7th Congressional District — which currently includes Germantown and m...</div></div><div class="element link" style="margin: 0 0 15px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 10px 10px 5px; border: 1px solid #ddd; max-width: 500px; overflow: hidden;"><a href="http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120110/STEWART01/201100338" title="... busy day on Nashville&amp;#39;s Capitol Hill as the second session of the 107th General Assembly convenes. State Representative Tim Wirga..." class="thumbnail" style="color: #429ec6; display: block; float: right; padding: 0 0 5px 10px;"><img src="http://m.theleafchronicle.com/images/bookmark/n_theleafchronicle/apple-touch-icon.png" alt="Wirgau prepares for busy session" style="display: block; width: 100px;" /></a><a href="http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120110/STEWART01/201100338" title="... busy day on Nashville&amp;#39;s Capitol Hill as the second session of the 107th General Assembly convenes. State Representative Tim Wirga..." class="title" style="color: #429ec6;">Wirgau prepares for busy session</a><div class="description" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.4em; color: #666;">... busy day on Nashville&amp;#39;s Capitol Hill as the second session of the 107th General Assembly convenes. State Representative Tim Wirga...</div></div><div class="footer"><img src="http://storify.com/public/img/logo.blue.small.png" alt="Powered by Storify" /></div></div><img src="http://stats.storify.com/record/view.gif?sid=4f0c47200695ff7b6f38e406&amp;referer=%2F%2Fstorify.com%2Frss%2Fthejeffbrown" width="1" height="1" /></body></html>]]></description><link>http://storify.com/thejeffbrown/nashville-redistricting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://storify.com/thejeffbrown/nashville-redistricting</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Brown]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:15:01 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>