Friday Link Roundup: January 30, 2015
So, #Snowmageddon2015 was a huge letdown. At least it was here in DC. But that just means you can enjoy the great outdoors this weekend. Haha, just kidding. We know it’s still cold and you’ll be cooped up inside staring at your computer all weekend long. That brings us to this week’s best gifs and links that we could find. Enjoy! Don’t hit publish just yet! 25 SEO questions to ask yourself before you post....
Friday Link Roundup: January 31, 2015
MLK Day, #SOTU, and more…it’s been a big week! We don’t blame you if you’ve been all like: But never fear, your friends at Digital District were keeping tabs on the InterWebs for you. So without further ado, the link roundup! Photos: What Martin Luther King, Jr. saw during his famous speeches. [mashable] Apparently 30 is the ceiling for how many apps people use – perhaps it’s...
The Many Headed Hydra of Dark Web Marketplaces
I wasn’t surprised today when I read that Silk Road 2.0, a Tor anonymized dark website on the onion network was seized and shut down by the Feds. The site, at its peak, was moving $8 million dollars a day in drugs and related ephemera. According to a press release from the FBI, 400 “dark market” sites dealing in illegal goods and services including counterfeit currency, stolen credit cards, drugs and weapons were shut down. When...
Digital District Domination: Why you should be reading The Baltimore Sun’s TV recaps
Ready for some randomness? Three members of Digital District are TV recappers for The Baltimore Sun this fall. Um, weird. Awesome, but weird. How did three people from the same organization land recapping gigs for a publication in an entirely different city? Are we plotting world domination, starting with the Sun? Relax, we’re no evil masterminds — promise! But to get to the bottom of this, we did what recappers do best:...
Is social media diminishing our sense of personal responsibility?
Over the weekend, a 26-year old Baltimore woman named Gabrielle Wathen celebrated her birthday. At the end of the night, she took an Uber home. Because it was Halloween and demand for cars was high, Uber was under surge pricing. Despite the fact that a note unmistakeably alerting you surge pricing is in effect pops up in the app before you can call an Uber during a period of surge, Ms. Wathen took the ride anyway and was charged more...
Ethics and the Law in the Digital Space
We are all guilty of it. Accepting the latest terms and conditions on Facebook without reading through them. Downloading that new song that we’re not quite sure we had the rights to. With each new enhancement in the digital space comes another layer of complexity to the ethical implications and legal rights associated with online content and privacy. So how do we navigate the ethically and legally ambiguous Internet? We’re here to...
