“Overall, this makes it extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other.” – Mark Zuckerberg, November 2016 In light of this week’s grilling of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Capital Hill over fake news / Russian meddling in[…] Read On
A big part of being happy and successful in the modern world is learning to identify and avoid a virtual epidemic of spammers, scammers and fraudsters. If you’ve ever caught an animal in a trap, whether it was a mouse, a gopher or a wasp, you probably felt several distinct[…] Read On
May you live in interesting times. – Anon Ever see an interview with Jeff Bezos or Mark Zuckerberg? Read a tweet by Larry Page or Satya Nadella. I didn’t think so. Why do you think the CEOs of some of the world’s most valuable companies keep such low profiles? Because[…] Read On
One of the biggest challenges we all have to overcome is the notion that others have it better than we do. In the age of social media it’s all too easy to get caught in the trap of “Why isn’t my [career, business, life … fill in the blank] taking[…] Read On
Tell me again why I bother blogging on Fridays in the summertime? Everyone’s either on vacation, getting a jump on the weekend beach traffic or just screwing off somewhere. Is anyone even out there. Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? If it’s ok with you (what am I saying, there’s nobody else here,[…] Read On
I’m sure you’re all aware of Elon Musk’s “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.” tweet that stunned Wall Street, temporarily halted trading in the stock and sent it soaring 11% Tuesday. That’s a nice little payday if you can pull it off. Am considering taking Tesla private[…] Read On
Everyone talks about changing the world. Starry-eyed socialists. Millennials. Entrepreneurs. Millennials who think they’re entrepreneurs but are really just freelancers, gig workers or unemployed slackers. Even corporate executives. Pretty much everyone seems desperate to have their work mean more than just a paycheck, so CEOs are scrambling to infuse a[…] Read On