The Scammers Are Warning Me

Some days you can’t make this stuff up. A relatively easy way to get around spam/phishing filters is to send phishing emails from a legitimate source. Google Groups — real-life mailings lists from Google — have become a popular option recently. On...

Politico AI Primer

Politico has an opinion piece today on nationalizing AI. I don’t agree with it’s conclusion, but it has some important tidbits on AI, that far too often are not explained. Some highlights I am going to stay out of most of the politics here, that can wait...
PERSONAL BACKUP

PERSONAL BACKUP

I mostly write about business and technology, but personal tech matters just as much and the same lessons apply. Last month my physical backup went bad and I nearly lost months of photos andother documents. Personal things! Family stuff! Photos of my kids! But I got...

Smart Brevity

The name of the new book out from Axios cofounders.Did you know your writing sucks if you want to be heard? Eye-tracking studies show that wespend 26 seconds, on average, reading apiece of content? We spend fewer than 15 seconds onmost web pages… Our brain decides in...

Cybersecurity Scam Story: I Was Scammed

My wife sent me the link late Saturday night. I was exhausted from driving non-stop through fog and rain for 13 hours and then hitting the gym for a run to loosen up. The product was perfect: all the parts for a swing set my kids would love. It was almost too good to...