(lowercase) a renewal of life, vigor, interest, etc.; rebirth; revival: a moral renaissance
Ok — so I’ve been feeling ‘guilty’ about not blogging for some time… How sick and egotistic is that? But anyway, an ultra-hectic professional and home life has kept me busier than the proverbial “one legged man in a butt-kickin’ contest” for the past few months.
Over those months, I’ve had several things that I *wanted* […]
This was a crazy week. Here’s a quick rundown:
Wal-Mart eavesdropping situation
On Tuesday, I submitted a feature to Computerworld providing speculation related to the recent Wal-Mart eavesdropping situation. For those following the situation, I refer you to 4 significant articles:
The initial story
My take on what may have happened (human nature run amuck)
Fired employee speaks out
LA […]
I guess that I’m on a Bruce Schneier kick this week. My last post was related to an article that he wrote about New York City’s upcoming ability to accept camera phone images and videos in their 911 centers.
Today I’ve been reading and pondering another article by Bruce about how psychology plays into people’s perception […]
Security professionals deal with the law of unintended consequences every day. For instance, vendor x creates “cool new widget,” a feature-rich application intended to enrich the otherwise sad and pathetic lives of every man, woman, and child on the Earth. However, vendor x (being shortsighted, ignorant, stupid, or just plain human) didn’t realize that “cool […]
I ran across a good article by Steve Kerrison about how social networking sites over-zealous bloggers are contributing to the erosion of privacy.
Steve warns his readers that anything posted will likely be accessible far into the future. So, while people may want to post opinions and escapades for their online ‘friends,’ they need […]