Category: General musings
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Make life better: Work for yourself
Work is better when you work for yourself.
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Is the topic of security “dry as dust?”
Some think enterprise security is a dull (but tough) topic. Nothing is further from the truth.
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How it took me 19 days to activate Apple Watch on T-Mobile
Apple Watch LTE on T-Mobile? Not so fast.
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10 years and blogging strong
And there’s plenty more to come
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Would the .094 female visitor to my blog please raise her hand?
Girls just wanna compute
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IRS tax scam calls: dangerous and laughable
Just listen to the voicemail I received from a spoofed DC phone number today: Chilling, ain’t it? There are so many red flags in this message. Anyone who’s ever tried to contact the IRS knows it’s positively Kafkaesque trying to get someone on the phone. And even if you could get someone from the IRS…
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Why architecture matters: how a walk down Clarendon St. in Boston’s Back Bay made my day
I’ve always loved the Back Bay. But it’s been years since I’ve worked there. On the way to work this morning, I was reminded of why I love it and how important architecture is to one’s sense of happiness and well-being. Today, April 4, 2014, is opening day for the 2014 Red Sox — a…
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Revit release 1 introductory video
I’ve always thought that corporate historians gathered history nobody cares about. However, based on traffic to a YouTube video from last year about Revit release 1, I thought it might be convenient for people who find my blog based on searches about my history at Revit Technology (surprisingly, there are more than a few) to…
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Volvo XC60: don’t change your oil or, if you do, how to get dealers to blame each other when your headlight falls off
Regular readers of my blog know that I bought Tricia a Volvo XC60 about a couple of years ago. She loves it — but I maintain it. Or, should I say, Volvo dealers maintain it. Or they are supposed to for the next 2.5 years as part of Volvo’s “Safe+Sound” program. S+S was an extension…
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It’s official: my ER22x certificate of completion
I’ve blogged recently about how intellectually invigorating it is to take university courses from HarvardX and other leading universities online. (Here, here and here.) Well, tonight I downloaded my first official certificate of completion, which is posted nearby. If you click on the image, you can see it comes with its own verification URL —…
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A prescription to curb mental cobwebs after general anesthesia: ER22x
I blogged recently about my excitement at the prospect of participating in a massively open online course at edx.org called “ER22x: Justice.” The course, which started on March 12, has been joined by thousands all over the world. An exploration of political philosophy, this course is ideal for the online environment and, being about morality, has already begun to generate…
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limeduck says, “Don’t eat the desiccant.”
I had lunch today with an old pal, David Karp (@limeduck and www.limeduck.com). David has recently been promoted to VP of Marketing at currensee.com. It was a real pleasure working with David at Ipswitch in the mid-aughts. The photo nearby, which he dug up recently, pictures us at a trade show in Singapore called “CommunicAsia,”…