dontgetpwned
This is a simple one that I told my mother-in-law the other day. It won’t protect you from everything, but it will greatly reduce your exposure. Don’t comply with any request that you didn’t expect. Simple right? Put differently – any time your “computer” is proactive about asking
business-strategy
Excuse the profanity, but this is really worth watching. [2011/03 Mike Monteiro F*** You. Pay Me.](http://vimeo.com/22053820) from San Francisco Creative Mornings on Vimeo. Mike talks specific to the design industry but it applies really to any professional services or consulting business (tech, security, financial, business,
threat-analysis
This is a ridiculously awesome post from Dancho Danchev which dives into the mechanics of the sale, distribution and fraudulent processing of credit cards on the Internet. Congratulations Dancho.
dontgetpwned
Here’s some food for thought… Would you trust a 3 year old: * …with access to your mortgage? * …to keep your house secure? * …with the security of your bank accounts? Of course you wouldn’t. Let me try another question then… Is your smartphone PIN access code the same as
entrepreneurship
If you’re like me and have one identity that you use for everything here’s a tip that will save you a bunch of pain… Any time you go out to market offering work, asking for pricing, jobs on oDesk or Elance, or really anything that will attract marketers
data-privacy
WARNING: Mild rant ahead. I’m writing this post to out a particular behavior that I am seeing more and more often lately. Example 1: Whilst activating a prepaid SIM I was asked to provide my driver’s license number. Already knowing the answer, I asked the operator why they
data-privacy
One of the complaints I hear ALL THE TIME goes something like this… Ugh, I have so much SPAM in my inbox… Even with filtering I still spend about half my time sorting through it all… How’d did all these people even get my email in the first place?
risk-management
This is how you need to think when it comes to credit card fraud: I am going to get pwned one day. What measures can I put in place to proactively minimize the damage? You’ll quickly find out that having your card defrauded is not the end of the
data-privacy
On my personal Twitter, I’ll follow just about anyone and let most people follow me. Twitter is about common interest. On my Facebook profile I’m a little more cautious about who I’ll allow to see my information, but am still reasonably open. Facebook is about relationship. LinkedIn
business-strategy
As I post this, Skype is still down globally. There’s little doubt that Skype is the largest player in the VOIP and Internet chat communications market globally – 6.8 billion billed minutes in the first half of 2010 alone… 0.57% of the worlds Internet traffic is Skype traffic.
business-strategy
One of the most difficult things any business owner faces is that murky and usually somewhat awkward period between invoicing and payment. I hear it all the time, particularly from solo service-type businesses like consultants, coaches and speakers – “I have a bunch of invoices out there, I’m just waiting
business-strategy
This is an interesting way of looking at it… I’ll use hypothetical numbers for the illustration. This post is aimed at those thinking in terms of work or business, but the type of thinking can apply to anyone… I came up with a few creative ideas on how outsourcing