Social Media and Business – Thinking Through Online Engagements
It’s been about three years since I last wrote about social media, specifically its affects on businesses. Unfortunately, nothing has changed, albeit one could argue it’s affects have intensified. No one reading this should be a stranger to the polarizing affect social media can have on society. We’ve seen how it can topple governments, dismantle organizations,…
Read MoreTwo Critical Challenges Facing Website Security
Spent the better part of the past week in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the National Association of Government Web Professionals (NAGW) conference. A conference designed to bring together web professionals from federal / state / local municipalities in an effort to help organize, educate and otherwise collaborate. It was a great event in helping to…
Read MoreThe Dilemma of Fake Work
I read a fascinating piece by Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, in which he talks to the Post-YC slump. The premise of the article revolves around two very important, yet simple, points: fake work and momentum. Specifically, it’s affects and importance on the companies once they leave the YC cycle. Quick Aside (over-simplified description of…
Read MoreVPS vs Shared Hosting – Which is more secure?
The world of hosting is complex, it’s further complicated when you throw security into the mix. A few months back I wrote an article on the delicate line between where the hosts security responsibility begins, and where yours, as the website owner, is required. That however did not address one key question – Which hosting…
Read MoreHTTPS Does Not Secure Your Website
Ever since Google made their announcement that they were exploring the idea of using HTTPS as a Ranking Signal for your SEO, the web has gone nuts for HTTPS. For a number of security professionals it’s generated groans and a heightened level of annoyance and consternation at what has become an over abundance of irrational…
Read More5 Practical Tips to Building and Running a Business
Regardless of industry, there is always a constant in that every day you’ll be presented with new challenges when running a business. I believe that these challenges introduce insecurities in our personas in which we often fear that our lack of knowledge in a subject makes us exceptionally vulnerable to failure. To account for this we…
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