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I’ve seen many people on LinkedIn complain about how it’s starting to look like Facebook. In many ways, it is, with the sharing of articles (some of which aren’t necessarily about “work”), pictures (some are memes that have nothing to do with work), politics, and even deeply personal stuff. I’ve also heard that people use…

These days, people have millions of songs at their fingertips thanks to all the various streaming music services and ubiquitous-enough connectivity all from the palm of our hand. 25 years ago, the closest thing we had to that walkmans and cassette tapes. If you wanted something other than an album, you had to create it…

I’m a few weeks away from doing a presentation at Check Point’s booth for RSA Conference in San Francisco. Granted, it’s one of those “carnival barker” type presentations that vendors give in their booths that are meant to last no more than 10 minutes, but it’s been a while since I’ve created and done a…

From It’s Carbs: As a person with diabetes (T1D), my primary goal is to keep my blood sugar in a healthy range (for me that is 65-140 mg/dl). There is only one thing that consistently causes me to go above that range. It’s carbs. Now, I know there are many other factors that can cause…

From I Moved to Linux and It’s Even Better Than I Expected]: On a spring day in 2012, I shut down my MacBook Air for the last time. From then on, my primary computing environment — at least on a laptop computer — was GNU/Linux. I was abandoning, as much as possible, the proprietary, control-freakish environments that Apple and…

From I Got Fired Two Days Ago: It’s not like having a job you hate makes you appreciate your free time more (Very Optimistic Tumblr Teen Voice The bad makes you appreciate the good!) Having a job that eats away at your very core actually sullies your free time more. You realize how little of…

From The endless echo chamber of online “influencers” is robbing the Internet of its soul.: The problem with these people is not that they want attention, but that they’re unwilling or unable to trade fairly for it. For the longest time, society has had a pretty straightforward system of rewards: you give us something of…

Yes, I finally did my geek duty and saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I’m not going to spoil it for you, except to say that if you liked the original movies (particularly A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, i.e. Episodes IV and V), then you’ll probably like this movie as they borrow…

You can, of course, read this long piece on the topic, or just read my TL;DR version: No more than three short sentences, maybe four, with attention to formatting and readability. Make it clear what action is required, but be realistic with the time commitment you’re asking for. Help the other person understand why they…

From I am 90% fake. I’d like to escape my brain for one hour, get off this barreling steam train of endless thinking. I’d like to escape my heart for one hour and stop feeling sad, frustrated, lonely, and completely out of place. I wish I didn’t need two shots of vodka to become everyone…