My essay today is entitled "Decontextualized 'Truthy-ness' in an Age of Ubiquitous Computing" or "What Google Street View tells you when they won't!"
1) Let's say you find a cute little stucco villa within your budget that you'd love to buy for you and your kids in Los Angeles?
2) Ok, so what's the neighborhood context here... what AREN'T they telling me?
3) NOW HOLD ON! Is that a shopping cart?
4) Are those bars on the neighbor's windows? Why are there bars on the windows? What is this "Compton" place anyway?
5) Ok ok, maybe we should just ignore that... but let's do a sex offender check (over the past year) just reeeeeally quick:
Go ahead, you know you want to 5) check your address now! You are getting veeeeeery curious! You are giving innnn to your curiosity! READY, SET GO!
6) OOOOooohh, NOW I remember why I hate DC!
1) Let's say you find a cute little stucco villa within your budget that you'd love to buy for you and your kids in Los Angeles?
2) Ok, so what's the neighborhood context here... what AREN'T they telling me?
3) NOW HOLD ON! Is that a shopping cart?
4) Are those bars on the neighbor's windows? Why are there bars on the windows? What is this "Compton" place anyway?
5) Ok ok, maybe we should just ignore that... but let's do a sex offender check (over the past year) just reeeeeally quick:
Go ahead, you know you want to 5) check your address now! You are getting veeeeeery curious! You are giving innnn to your curiosity! READY, SET GO!
6) OOOOooohh, NOW I remember why I hate DC!
