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Shorewood, Wisconsin

Shorewood, Wisconsin

“  Think of UWM and the East Side as the Ellis Island for Milwaukee’s creative community.” — Matt Wild, A.V. Club

Apple is tracking me around the East Side. Creepy. Note, I’ve (proudly) never been north of Cedarburg. So some of these towers have a long reach. And this tracking has been going on since before the iPhone 4 because my once-in-a-lifetime-if-I-can-help-it trip to Vegas (for Ari’s bachelor party in 2009) is also dutifully recorded. By the way, I don’t think we’ve learned anything new yet about the iPhone or who is monitoring us and when. We know that the AT&T knows where we are all the time. I trust Apple more than AT&T (perhaps foolishly). We also know that we can let apps track us and mostly people who even stay away from location based social networking probably let the camera app record their locations in each photo. Today’s revelation isn’t that different in terms of privacy risks. Do we even know if Apple grabs this database from us? To me the questions involve what they do with the data if they in fact have it. Maybe they use it to bully cell carriers to upgrade their networks based on usage patterns. I’m okay with Apple being my advocate with a fist full of aggregate data. I really don’t want anyone tracking me individually, certainly not in real time. But so far it doesn’t seem like Apple is doing that at least with this newly revealed database. More from details from DF and Ars has the scoop on Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) request to Apple for more information. UPDATE: It doesn’t look like there is too much going on here. Gruber suggests that Apple should be deleting the older locations. But I don’t see how that would really change things too much. I still think we’re all much more likely to be affected by a privacy violation through AT&T and not the device itself. And David Pogue’s take: Meanwhile, accept it: Yes, Big Brother is watching you. But he’s been watching you for years, well before the iPhone log came to light, and in many more ways than you suspect. And you know what? I’ll bet he’s bored to tears.

Apple is tracking me around the East Side. Creepy.

Note, I’ve (proudly) never been north of Cedarburg. So some of these towers have a long reach. And this tracking has been going on since before the iPhone 4 because my once-in-a-lifetime-if-I-can-help-it trip to Vegas (for Ari’s bachelor party in 2009) is also dutifully recorded.

By the way, I don’t think we’ve learned anything new yet about the iPhone or who is monitoring us and when. We know that the AT&T knows where we are all the time. I trust Apple more than AT&T (perhaps foolishly). We also know that we can let apps track us and mostly people who even stay away from location based social networking probably let the camera app record their locations in each photo. Today’s revelation isn’t that different in terms of privacy risks.

Do we even know if Apple grabs this database from us? To me the questions involve what they do with the data if they in fact have it. Maybe they use it to bully cell carriers to upgrade their networks based on usage patterns. I’m okay with Apple being my advocate with a fist full of aggregate data. I really don’t want anyone tracking me individually, certainly not in real time. But so far it doesn’t seem like Apple is doing that at least with this newly revealed database.

More from details from DF and Ars has the scoop on Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) request to Apple for more information.

UPDATE: It doesn’t look like there is too much going on here. Gruber suggests that Apple should be deleting the older locations. But I don’t see how that would really change things too much. I still think we’re all much more likely to be affected by a privacy violation through AT&T and not the device itself.

And David Pogue’s take:

Meanwhile, accept it: Yes, Big Brother is watching you. But he’s been watching you for years, well before the iPhone log came to light, and in many more ways than you suspect. And you know what? I’ll bet he’s bored to tears.

Hiawatha.

Hiawatha.

Sharon Van Etten at Pabst Theater

I thought it was a great show, but I’m not sure that the A.V. Club reviewer was really there. Why mention 90s female singer songwriters and not mention Ani DiFranco — especially after Van Etten spoke about being inspired by her on the stage.

I really couldn’t disagree with the review more. The backing band was great, particularly those sparse baselines. And Laurel Sprengelmeyer, while powerful as Little Scream, struggled with the harmonies.

Seeing Van Etten play live for the first time, I was surprised by the juxtaposition of her moody songs and peppy stage banter. She’s so tiny, looks 20, and sings 40.

Everything she sings on turns to my new favorite song. I loved her on the Antler’s Hospice before I knew who she was and her backing vocals on The National’s “Think You Can Wait” single help make that one of the best songs of the year. Hopefully there will be a Bon Iver collaboration next.

I’ve worn a hole in my Epic mp3s. The next SVE album can’t come soon enough for me.


“  Then the song exploded into crescendo after crescendo, and it was as if a monk had ceased a long meditation by whooping his joy to the heavens.” — from the Journal Sentinel review of Volcano Choir’s Turner Hall show

CNBC: You Shouldn’t Want to Live In Milwaukee Yet The reasons CNBC gives to be negative include poor schools, crime rates, and unemployment. However, they do list Milwaukee as having a diversified economy, good local culture, and affordability. I think the positives already outweigh the negatives. Come live here now. Don’t wait. EAST SIDE REPRESENT

CNBC: You Shouldn’t Want to Live In Milwaukee Yet

The reasons CNBC gives to be negative include poor schools, crime rates, and unemployment. However, they do list Milwaukee as having a diversified economy, good local culture, and affordability.

I think the positives already outweigh the negatives. Come live here now. Don’t wait.

EAST SIDE REPRESENT

Eating Social Media

AJ Bombers, Milwaukee Institution.

I mean to post about and go more to AJ Bombers than I do (this post has been stuck in the queue or a while). The restaurant’s success serves as a predictive example of how online interactions can help what seems like a simple old-fashioned brick-and-mortar business (selling hamburgers) by generate face-to-face interactions for profit.

Everything is an internet business now. Everything is socially networked. Some nodes just have out degree centrality scores of zero.

Alright, that was geeky. The burgers are tasty. If you’re from Milwaukee and you’ve never been, go there.

See also owner/innovator Joe Sorge’s book #TwitterWorks and Wikipedia entry.


Milwaukee River (2011-01-01 1 am).

Milwaukee River (2011-01-01 1 am).

The Hold Steady at Midnight

The Hold Steady at Midnight