Another #InvisibleOpSec – how to improve efficiency, security, and privacy with little or no cost and minimal effort.
FIREWORKS
It’s a great time of year to share a fun fireworks vid I made a ways back:
Data Flow Diagrams Improve Everything
Data flow diagrams quickly improve operational resilience. Here are some quick-win places to start.
The FBI Wants You to Report Fraud
No matter how small.
Skipped College, Learned From Linux Instead
When I chose not to go to college, there were a lot of the kinds of reactions one might expect.
Idea Machine
My little boy asks me to draw a unique napkin for his lunch each day. For 4 years.
The Teeter and Totter of Innovation
Every Christmas, while watching everyone tear into gifts of the world’s new hotness, I think about innovation: what it is, what it means, what makes it successful, and the key tenets of how innovations achieve wide adoption.
What To Not Ask Santa For This Year
As ever, there are some things kids might ask for this year that might not be the best choice.
Redux: MacTech 2018
This time last week I was wrapping up MacTech Conference in Los Angeles. The three-day conference was satisfying on some unexpected levels this year. First, for the people, second for the learning, and third for the crazy schwack happening all around us. The shooting cast a shadow as it happened in the middle of the…
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.
Speaking of Hackers
I may not like the stigma but suppose it’s time to admit to myself that, yeah, I’ve been a hacker for as long as I can remember.
Life, Nematodes, and Zero Effect
I agree with anyone who says Zero Effect is one of the greatest existential movies ever made, if only because of a single line…
Know Thy Self: How Criminals Learn About You
Information about you is already out there. Here’s knowledge you can use to control it better and make it harder for criminals to target you.
Media Literacy Is The Solution
How can we teach kids media literacy so they grow up to be discerning?
Mouse Problems & Incident Response
Mice are a great analogy for Incident Response. Here’s a quick discussion about Threat Hunts & Assessments.
Who Needs Empathy?
Doors that people occasionally open to help us understand them don’t ever stay open. They require the same level of nurturing + gentle-reign-holding each + every time we endeavor to make safe passage near + through them. In order to guide our human collective to better design decisions every day, many opportunities to deliver the best solutions are still missed for reasons out of our control, because of budgets, politics, bias, etc.
Powered by Touch
Last night, in a dream of all things, I was reminded of a very real encounter that changed my perception for so much the better.
Meta : Pup
I’ve had amazing pups but Meta is the Queen of them all.
“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.
Shrine of Saint Tourista
Today marks the anniversary of another memorable project completed just for kicks.
Yes and thank you, iO
I just wrapped up a few weeks of classes at the birthplace of improv: Chicago’s inimitable iO Theater down on Kingsbury.