Robert Winter 
@rw@qoto.org
Philosopher and historian. Doctoral candidate at Macquarie Business School researching Edmund Burke. Boosts/follows do not imply endorsement.
Joined Jul 2019
Day #065 of #100DaysToOffload and I enjoy a bit of cartographic escapism.
Day #064 of #100DaysToOffload and I contemplate change management.
Day #063 of #100DaysToOffload and I muse on the chilly Australian weather.
Day #062 of #100DaysToOffload and I pen an ode to a yoghurt pot.
Day #061 of #100DaysToOffload and I am a little lacklustre.
Day #060 of #100DaysToOffload and my online presence is evolving. Time for Version 3.0...
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New post:
Client side vs server side analytics: What's the gap in data?
In which I compare my website stats from Plausible Analytics with the stats from AWStats
Day #059 of #100DaysToOffload and it is some basics of finding flow.
Day #058 of #100DaysToOffload and I dig up Time Capsule I and contemplate some of its messages.
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An Underappreciated American Scholar
Dr. Thomas Sowell has been both a friend and a colleague of mine for over a half-century. On June 30, he will have completed his 90th year of life, and
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2020/06/27/draft-n2571440
Day #057 of #100DaysToOffload and I go down the rabbit hole of membership.
Day #056 of #100DaysToOffload and I write about leading from the front.
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Congratulations to Boston, which just banned facial surveillance technology. This is another step toward protecting civil liberties everywhere. https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/06/23/boston-facial-recognition-ban Learn about face surveillance and why we supported legislation to defend privacy rights: https://protonmail.com/blog/face-surveillance-moratorium/
Day #055 of #100DaysToOffload and I am proud to admit: red tape is fun.
Day #054 of #100DaysToOffload and I am intrigued to learn about a a novel approach to music.
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If you must use website analytics, give yourself a set of core values to operate under and continually ask:
Are we using the metrics to empower our disenfranchised and underserved users?
Are we using tools that maintain the right to #privacy?
Is our analytics engine in an #opensource ecosystem?
Are we exploiting users based upon their perceived age, religion, race, gender or relationship status?
#ethics #webmasters #internet #marketing #google #matomo #analytics #tracking
Day #053 of #100DaysToOffload and I am at the base camp of Everest. A steep digital ascent awaits!
Day #052 of #100DaysToOffload and I muse on the circularity of conversations.
Day #051 of #100DaysToOffload and it was a case of few musings and much coding.
Day #050 of #100DaysToOffload and I reach the point of no return.
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Philosopher and historian. Doctoral candidate at Macquarie Business School researching Edmund Burke. Boosts/follows do not imply endorsement.
Joined Jul 2019
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