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Fred Stutzman is the Founder and CEO of Freedom, software that helps you be more focused and productive by blocking distractions. Stutzman holds a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master's degree in Information Science, and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the same institution.
What we talked about...
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Freedom is a company that was never intended to be a company.
- He was studying and noticed how much time people spent on social media, so he created a free Mac app to lock the internet for 45 minutes. It went viral.
- In 2015 they created the first iteration of Freedom.
- They have grown to over 25 employees.
- He gets excited about human-computer interface problems.
- When companies shelf the best ideas.
- His study, “In Evaluation of Identity-Sharing Behavior in Social Network Communities" (2006) - This paper examines the motivations behind users' decisions to share personal information on social networking sites and how this behavior affects their privacy.
- The Internet Identity Workshops.
- ClaimID.
- The Wild West of the early days of the internet.
- Early concerns and thoughts about online privacy.
- How to work with social media and avoid falling down rabbit holes.
- Artificial intelligence and our future with AI.
- How social media can be helpful during life transitions.
- The future of social media, search, and voice interfaces.
- Sensemaking in research and use of artificial intelligence like GPT.
- Stopping doom scrolling and getting sleep.
- Running Remote Conference.
- Read The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande.
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Try Freedom for free.
- Connect with Fred on Twitter @fstutzman and LinkedIn.
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