This post is an article that originally appeared on IndieHackers when I did an interview with them regarding Tee Tweets. Hello! What’s your background, and what are you working on? Hey there, my name is Hiram and I am the founder of Tee Tweets. Tee Tweets is a clothing brand that allows you to wear any tweet in the world…

The title of this piece is not a bait headline. So before you click away thinking I’m insane for saying something good might actually come from this bombshell of a revelation, just hear me out. Surely by now you’ve heard about Facebook’s scandal involving data company Cambridge Analytica (which happens…

Your data and information has, without question, become the most valuable commodity. It’s the reason why Google and Facebook are worth $750 billion and $500 billion, respectively. They’re in the data harvesting and advertising business, and they are absolutely killing it in doing so. Slowly but surely, people are realizing…

Note: This article was originally published as an essay for an ethics class. I have decided to keep it in the same format given the sources used. It was originally written sometime in 2015. …

It seems like every day a new influencer is born. Scroll through their Instagram feed, and you’ll find an influencer’s favorite spots, friends, family, and even general place of residence. Tap into their story, and you’ll find even more details and their immediate whereabouts. You might not find A-list celebrities…

On June 4th 2019, Mozilla announced that Firefox now stops website and advertisers from tracking you. They do this by blocking small pieces of code called cookies that let advertisers track you across the web in order to better advertise to you. This announcement comes just days after Google announced…

Whether you run a business or not, chances are high that you’ve come across a picture that you want to repost on Instagram. So what do you do? You press the Volume Up + Power keys at the same time (if you’re on iPhone X or newer), or you still…

I’ve deactivated my Facebook at least 15 times since its inception. (I could look at the exact number since Facebook tracks all that, but the key fact is that I went through the trouble of deactivating my account in the first place.) Yet, even though I wish it was completely…

I’ve been an avid basketball fan for as long as I can remember. It began in the late Jordan years, but not solely because of Michael. To watch him and listen to stories about him was fascinating to me, even at a young age. Little did I know I would…