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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 12/8/11

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

Humans love to make predictions – about the weather, about the stock market, and, in the digital age of data collection and data mining, about who is likely to “get into trouble” and who is not. Good idea? Maybe – but maybe not. Here’s why…

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Notes from the Electronic Cottage 11/20/08

Producer/Host: Jim Campbell

As you go about your daily business, do you find the merchants you deal with asking nonchalantly for your phone number or if you’d kindly sign on the electronic line in stead of a paper one? You don’t have to provide more information about yourself than the law requires, and it’s probably a good idea not to in this data mining digital age.