Have you ever wondered what the FTC does? These are the friendly bureaucrats in the US government charged with implementing and monitoring adherence to the the CAN SPAM act, the legislation designed to eliminate Spam email. Have you noticed how successful and effective their activities for CAN SPAM are? Neither have I now that you… more »
They Know What You Looked For The US Government through the NSA is vacuuming up data from the servers of at least nine identified Internet access companies, including those at Apple, AOL, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Skype, Yahoo and YouTube (See The Washington Post article). GCHQ in England is doing the same. Your every move, search,… more »
I’ve been struck by the zealotry surrounding the wonders of NPS (Net Promoter Scores) for a number of years now. Opining all manner of solutions to most business ailments, promoters of NPS have made in-roads across most American businesses, to the point that “the system” is now regarded by CEOs as truth unveiled. NPS and… more »
Did you know about the latest research being done on the human microbiome? If not, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Even many of my biochemistry friends have never heard about it. There’s an NIH (National Institutes of Health in the US) funded, five-year study focused on the impact of the microbiome on the health and… more »
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is something my mother always told me, especially when I was younger and too immature to realize there was any other perspective on the world other than mine. When you’re only five years old, your perspective is the only one that matters, right? When it comes… more »
Bliss Point – in economics – is the quantity of consumption beyond which any further increase in consumption becomes less satisfying. Bliss Point is associated with maximizing desires and wants in the absence of any cost or spending restraints – such that beyond some point where desires and wants have been satisfied, pleasure becomes less… more »
Should you reflexively buy from your big-box seller or consider taking a chance on that small start-up or local retailer you met a few weeks ago? This is a question that’s not always on the mind of buyers of all sorts of goods and services – but should be. For it’s the decisions you make… more »
Do you ever have the feeling you’re in one of those background noise-chambers where the same sound or sounds keep playing-on, time after time without letup? I have this experience a lot when it comes to the word “risk” and how most people in IT interpret what it means, or should I say what they… more »
What’s your magic number? If you’ve never heard this question or phrase, you’ve probably been living off-network or away from the developed world for some time. It’s a term used by people for different reasons and a variety of meanings. Numbers We employ numbers in accounting to maintain financial accounts that assess our current balance… more »
The biggest problem contributing to elevated risk – according to most practitioners – is a lack of consistency in operations and following procedures. Consistency in applying patches, consistency in inspecting logs, consistency in testing new builds before releases, consistency in monitoring and consistency in removing unauthorized accounts among other procedures and policies. The lack of… more »