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Starbuck’s Adds the 31 oz “Trenta” to the Menu

18 January 2011
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How big is a 31 oz cold coffee beverage? How can you display the new beverage size so that a layperson like me can understand exactly how oversized the new beverage is?
Starbucks recently announced that they will add a larger size to their menu of beverages — the “Trenta“. As I stated above, the new [...]

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Facebook’s Privacy Issue — We’re Each Responsible

7 February 2010
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CNN’s Ali Velshi interviews John Abell regarding how much privacy consumers should expect when using Facebook and other social media. I think John Abell gives a rather balanced response. I agree with him that as part of managing my personal data, the information I put on FB is mine, and that when I leave I [...]

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‘What part of “Give us our damn data” do you not understand?’

14 January 2010
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CNN posted an article a few days ago that gives examples of patients and former patients who have had problems accessing (getting copies of) their patient data. I did not find any of the information about the difficulties in accessing personal data to be surprising.
I thought the author’s advice on how to gain access [...]

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