From the standard footer of an accountant’s email: “Please Note: The word SECURE in the subject line of our email encrypts data when communicating client-specific information. Please leave the word SECURE in the subject line.”
(A) No it doesn’t. (B) This is why RelaNet exists.
Remember the security fiasco that Zoom went through a few weeks ago? The vulnerability was publicly announced July 8. On July 9, Zoom’s stock went up 3.8%. As of today, Zoom’s stock is up 108% since July 8.
I guess P.T. Barnum was right: There’s no such thing as bad publicity.
I unintentionally took a break from Twitter this week and it’s been refreshing. I might have to keep this up.
Some times a prospective client says, “No thanks,” and you just breathe a sigh of relief.
I’m driving to my parents in Northern Indiana, and it’s sad to see so many fields either lying fallow or with barely sprouted crops. Between the rains that flooded fields in May and June, and the trade tariffs, there are a lot of farmers who are going to be hurting this year.
Yesterday my brother found a handwritten essay that my mom wrote in the 2nd or 3rd grade, describing her experience on the farm taking care of her pet pig. ?? https://dazeend.org/2019/07/my-pet-pig/
Yesterday my brother was helping my parents clean out their basement, and he found a handwritten essay that my mom wrote in the second or third grade, describing her experience on the farm taking care of a pet. You might have to know my mom to fully appreciate the (unintended) humor, but needless to say, it pretty neatly explains my mother’s attitude about pets and their role in the family. As they say, you can take the girl out of the farm, but you take the farm out of the girl. (more…)
Don’t put yourself in the position of competing with platform owners. Whether you’re competing with Apple on iOS, or Automattic on WordPress, you’ll lose every time.