It’s controversial but important. As a parent, here’s my perspective.
Category: education
Privacy Matters for Reasons You Haven’t Thought Of Yet
The biggest reasons to be concerned about your privacy aren’t what you might think.
Grace Hopper on Letterman
Some heavy gratitude to John Feminella (@jxxf), Jeff Roberson (@jeffroberson), and @snipeyhead for sharing their inspiring conversation via twitter today that turned me onto this incredible clip.
Know Thy Self: How Criminals Choose Targets
Here are some steps you can take to reduce your risk.
“Keep this brochure,” they said.
Nudging people to be prepared in a crisis is no small feat. It’s a rare thing to be even a little successful.
The Future of Technology Operations
Since I last wrote about it, Technology Operations (TechOps for short) has evolved. Here’s how.
Dark Patterns
Dark Patterns are design tricks used to exploit typical human behavior. Here’s what you need to know.
How To Protect Yourself From SIM Swapping
These crimes are on the rise. Here’s what you need to know.
IoT, IIoT, and Reality
WARNING –> This is a long read, which is why the important stuff is at the top.
What’s a ‘botnet’?
Robot networks or botnets have quickly grown in popularity among criminals. Here’s why and what you can do about it.
More Gratitude for Postman and McLuhan
Neil Postman (March 8, 1931 – October 5, 2003) was an American author, media theorist and cultural critic, who was associated with NYU for forty years. He wrote countless articles, papers and seventeen books. Though my personal favorite is Teaching as a Subversive Activity, Neil is best known for his 1985 book about television, Amusing…
On Being Prepared
It’s not a big secret. Organizations need to be much more proactive about security. Firewalls and antivirus are not a plan anymore, they are doors and windows that can and will be circumvented. Expecting that attackers will simply stay off of your network is foolish. No one knows the moment they’ve been hacked. They find…
The Definitive Guide to DMARC
Advanced email security in one post.
Changing without changing
Many of us make great sacrifice to avoid it. Laws are written and put into place to stymy it. Large, expensive buildings are built to protect against it. Minds are made up against it and reject ideas that even hint at it. Blockades of all sorts are built against potential outcomes that may lead to…
Skipped college, learned from Linux instead.
Risky? Not really.
“Daddy, what’s ergonomy?”
Some suggestions to avoid repetitive motion injuries.
Wolves in Sheeps’ Clothing
How to be aware of social engineering.
All in the telling
The latest technologies, including cloud, social, anything mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have and will continue to transform business, especially the customer experience, which still revolves around the story. Storytelling is still the centerpiece. Nothing new there. Storytelling has been the centerpiece since before anyone could even write….
Telling stories
We can’t throw a rock across the Web without hitting one of the many articles, posts, books, podcasts or interviews focused on the use of storytelling in business. Arguably kicking the magic out of the hat, most of them address the way stories are used in marketing goods and services (yawn). We need to think…
Science is no country for the storyteller? Nonsense.
Science is no country for the storyteller? Nonsense. Should not scientists be, more than anyone, acutely aware that the data tells only a slice of the story? Would not anyone truly, passionately in search of an answer (an accurate one) be more likely to search for the whole story to tell the whole story? Even…
MakerBot Academy is coming to a school near you
The President, during a State of the Union, does rally the troops to begin the next industrial revolution. The launch of MakerBot Academy may indeed be an attempt to realize President Obama’s urge to: “ensure that the Next Industrial Revolution in manufacturing will happen in America.” The plan is pretty simple, and already underway, from…
Tin Foil
Andrew Bird does Tin Foil even better than the Handsome Family: Late New Years Eve paper hat on your head It was hard to believe that you’d ever be dead And that dream that you’re falling you’ve had since you’re five Is a bird on your shoulder that whispers goodbye What is moving will be…