Whenever I come across an article and reach the bottom of the page and see this…
I tend to have three reactions:
I’m terrible with names. I forget names during movies, books, and even interviews. It’s embarrassing whenever I run into someone I recognize, and their name completely escapes me. “Heeeeeeeyyyyy [who the hell are you?]. How are you? Good? Cool, seeya later!”
Lifehacker posted an article recently describing techniques for boosting your retention of seemingly rote information, like a 20×25 grid of numbers. The post linked to this “Remember Names Game” which I checked out, and I was blown away by the results. Here’s the strategy for remembering anyone’s name.
In this hard economy, one can never be too careful about what they put on the web, and this holds especially true for (would-be) employees.
Here’s a question for you to ponder: Can employers, potential or not, ask you to divulge your Facebook profile login information?
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I’m relatively new to the whole cryptography and computing security scene and it has always intrigued me on how so many people with their Macbooks, Netbooks, iPhones, external hard drives, and other mobile devices are so vulnerable to malicious attacks from outsiders. There has always been an age-old saying in the IT business: PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair).
While most of the problems that IT managers and security professionals deal with stem from the inability of users to practice some common sense when browsing the web, those types of problems are easy to rectify.
However, there is very little IT managers and security professionals can do about physical theft, such as a burglaries and corporate espionage. Thankfully, there is a way for ordinary people like you and me to protect your sensitive data from physical theft.
I use Disqus on this blog to handle the massive avalanche of comments that routinely flood my blog posts (true story). On frequent(rare) occasions, someone leaves an insightful comment or question that warrants an appropriate response.
Now, I could reply back by logging in to my WordPress dashboard and accessing the Disqus moderation panel (or just login to my account on Disqus), but it would take too long for me to respond.
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In a surprising turn of events earlier this week, the FBI managed to shut down a whopping 4% of the internet’s bandwidth: Megaupload.
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Suffice to say, the Internet has equipped countless individuals, businesses, and nations with the capacity to change the world for the better. Without the Internet, I would never have had the inspiration to write this blog for the past two years. Without the Internet, a bunch of Harvard students would never have dropped out of school to launch a social networking site boasting millions of users around the world.
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Heading out and taking your earbuds with you to listen to some music? Rather than wrestle with the tangled mess that you pull out of your pocket before you can listen to your favorite Michael Jackson song, here’s a technique from Lifehacker on how to properly wrap your earbud headphones.