What do you do when your very first paying customer, the person you shepherded from an effective but improveable password system onto Bitwarden, sends you an article on a Friday evening about possible changes with your recommended password manager? If you’re me, you read the FastCompany article they sent then Read more
When I used to be active in local politics and we tried to understand what was happening with an issue or why a person said or did something, a good friend always said that “It’s all about who’s ox is getting gored.” In the world of local political campaigns, that Read more
Google’s enabled you to turn on its Gemini AI in every service to search across your ibox, calendar, files, etc. Seems like a good idea to some, but the privacy concerns should not be ignored. Claude is on everyone’s minds and in all the headlines for its incredible Code and Read more
It seemed like a very simple request from a local brand I know and trust. According to the email, a credit card on file for the business would expire soon. The message asked me to update the card so I could continue to support them. I know the business owner. Read more
When I was a kid, my dad had a large outdoor vacuum. A small business owner, he used it to remove leaves and other stuff from the parking lot behind the business. One day we were in the garage after he’d swept the lot. Curious if the engine would be Read more
New is fun. It’s exciting to install a new app, to start using a new service. But they all come with a checkbox. And all those little checkboxes come with terms, conditions, and policies which control how the app or service can use your information. When was the last time Read more
Picture this: It’s Sunday afternoon. You’re in the kitchen meal planning for the week and thinking about dinner. The phone rings. It’s your bank calling about a problem with your account. A Fraud Prevention team member asks if you authorized a transfer to a foreign account? No, of course not. Read more
Don’t use Comet, Perplexity’s web browser which it just released as a free install. Protecting your personal data is difficult enough. Scams are becoming more sophisticated and more prevalent. In the ever escalating battle to protect your information, your online safety, and your hard-earned money, do not willingly surrender access Read more
I recently drove to Cleveland for a content creator expo. It’s an easy five hour drive. A simple trip. Usually. Outside of Pittsburgh, approaching an exit, I did a double take. I couldn’t believe what I saw. A small black two-door sedan was heading TOWARDS ME. In the passing lane. Read more
You get to decide what you will accept an unknowable number of times every day. Will you wait in line at the grocery store or will you use the self checkout? Will you stay in your lane or switch to the open one beside you? Should you accept seeing ads Read more