http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73 A container for stray thoughts and coding project updates Mon, 03 May 2010 19:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73&cpage=1#comment-49 Matt Katz Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:14:14 +0000 http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73#comment-49 Garrison, I wish we could share that same information with the public and our favorite brands and product suppliers. Garrison, I wish we could share that same information with the public and our favorite brands and product suppliers.

]]> http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73&cpage=1#comment-48 garrison Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:51:34 +0000 http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73#comment-48 There's one feature I really wish Goolog had, which is the ability to view and recover my own web browsing history as a timeline. I use different computers all the time, and it would be nice to have it displayed <i>for me</i> all in one place. Surely they must remember the vast majority of the web sites I visit, as <a href="http://www.backendbattles.com/backend/Google_Analytics" rel="nofollow">nearly 40% of the top 10,000 sites on the web are set up to constantly report my visits to Goolog so site owners can keep track of me</a>; countless other sites report my visits to Goolog so they can serve me advertising content; and others instruct my browser to fetch <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/ajax/" rel="nofollow">common javascript files</a> from Goolog, and as a result the http referrer header makes it clear to Goolog where I have visited. Indeed, I think the best way to provide users maximum <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/transparency-choice-and-control-now.html" rel="nofollow">transparency</a> is to simply show us, in one location, everywhere we have been, everything we have done, and everything that they know about us. There’s one feature I really wish Goolog had, which is the ability to view and recover my own web browsing history as a timeline. I use different computers all the time, and it would be nice to have it displayed for me all in one place. Surely they must remember the vast majority of the web sites I visit, as nearly 40% of the top 10,000 sites on the web are set up to constantly report my visits to Goolog so site owners can keep track of me; countless other sites report my visits to Goolog so they can serve me advertising content; and others instruct my browser to fetch common javascript files from Goolog, and as a result the http referrer header makes it clear to Goolog where I have visited. Indeed, I think the best way to provide users maximum transparency is to simply show us, in one location, everywhere we have been, everything we have done, and everything that they know about us.

]]> http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73&cpage=1#comment-47 Putting the ‘log’ in Goolog » offkey Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:39:50 +0000 http://www.copiesofcopies.org/webl/?p=73#comment-47 [...] yesterday running through the various panoptic services that google offers. It is well put and worth reading in full. Unfortunately, Aaron’s site requires registration in order to leave comments so [...] [...] yesterday running through the various panoptic services that google offers. It is well put and worth reading in full. Unfortunately, Aaron’s site requires registration in order to leave comments so [...]

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