Business Strategy, Personal Development, Marketing
Usually, private industry has figured out how they are going to get around new government rules and safety programs before they ever come out. The credit card industry was already inventing new credit card fees and raising old fees and charges before the new credit card laws took effect. The same thing happens in almost … Read more
Yesterday, the personal finance blog Finance Gourmet speculated on how overvalued Facebook might be right now, and more specifically, if any of the company valuations being thrown around by financial analysts and private share exchanges are anything more than wild (optimistic) guesses. I had a different thought today as I went through my usual social … Read more
Google has done everyone a big favor with its Google Chrome web browser. Like all other major web browsers, Chrome allows users to install extensions which allow for additional or customized functionality to be added to individual software installations. In this way, every user can get the features and functions that they need and want … Read more
Anyone know how to move one Posterous account to another? When I started using Posterous, I did what I always have to do for multiple blogs and websites which is to create multiple accounts with multiple logins to manage each one separately. Then, I realized that Posterous allows you to manage multiple Posterous blogs easily … Read more
The website Smashing Magazine published a take on whether or not ad blocking software hurts good websites and by extension those who make their living working with good websites. This time the article comes from the point of view of web designers. My conclusions remain the same. I will turn off my AdBlock Plus, actually … Read more
Have you heard about the Facebook murders? No, you haven’t. That’s because it hasn’t happened, yet. The latest dustup over Facebook’s privacy changes has played out around the web, in the print media, and even in Washington D.C. as the company decided to put dollars above users by changing it’s privacy settings and policies. If … Read more
PayPal is looking at a new security option to help safeguard its accounts from the frequent phishing attempts leveled at its users. The additional security comes in the form of a small electronic gadget that is sized to be on a keychain, like this one used by Purdue University. This electronic security key generates new … Read more
A "news story" making the rounds the past few days details a "study" which says that multi-taskers are more likely to be distracted and make mistakes than non-multitaskers. At least that’s the conclusion they come to after dividing people into two groups, those who often have multiple things like television, videos, and music going at … Read more
Every once and a while a news story comes along to remind us that any technology has its limits. Yesterday, in Alabama, a semi-truck driver drove his rig into a 12-foot high tunnel. His trailer was 13 1/2 feet tall. There are sensors which detect vehicles over the high limit and activate flashing lights and … Read more
Because I have no intention of registering for an account at ABCNews just to comment on its Twitter story, I’m posting my comment here. Read the story here first. If you insist on skipping reading the original story, the premise that Twitter IS a really great thing and if you don’t think so, its because … Read more
I’ve been wondering where these news stories were. Rag-tag groups of villagers waiting in glorified rowboats to ambush transport ships were a little bit bizarre at first, but understandable since most cargo ships are unnarmed both in weaponry and crew. But, eventually, the pirates broke the cardinal rule of beiligerent third-world activity: Keep is beneath … Read more
I don’t follow Jessica Simpson, per se. Actually, I don’t really follow anybody, celebrity or otherwise. (I follow people on Twitter, but they came up with that word, not me.) Anyway, so I had no idea that Jessica Simpson was doing anything these days other than collecting whatever royalties she gets and presumably working on … Read more