After receiving a spate of spam and questionable emails, I’ve been thinking. What if real life interactions were more like these messages? The more I thought about it, the more I question why people ever bother to reply to spam or get snookered into opening an unknown attachment and infecting their computer with malware.
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April 22, 2015Viruses and Spam in Real Life
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April 20, 2015Facebook == Internet
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April 17, 2015The Cost of a Free AppIsn’t it just great that you can obtain a free or “Lite” version of a Game? Yeah, you’re racking up the savings, say 99 cents a pop, but perhaps there’s a bigger cost involved, one that weighs more heavily on your Android phone or tablet than the price of the full app.
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April 15, 2015Light ReadingDespite promises, the computer has a long ways to go as far as clearing your desktop is concerned. I’m referring to the real desktop, the one that has papers, pens, pads, and perhaps even a calculator sitting atop its surface. Another item the computer isn’t keen on replacing is the common desk lamp.
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April 13, 2015My Book Doesn’t Cover That TopicThere, in big letters right across the top of the front cover of Word 97 For Dummies, it said, “Covers creating web pages in HTML.” The problem? My book featured no such topic.
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April 10, 2015Starting a BlogBack in 2008, I decided to start writing this blog. I would write three new articles a week on various topics, most of which relate to my books. Starting a blog is easy. Keeping one going, especially on your own, is tremendously difficult. April 8, 2015Ancient CartoonsThe other day I was digging through my writing archives, looking for a Windows 95 screenshot. I never did find the exact image I wanted, but I did stumble across something no one has ever seen before.
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April 6, 2015Avoiding Writer’s BlockIn my process of furiously writing text, the goal is to finish the document without suffering the pains of something called “writer’s block.” I don’t suffer from writer’s block. That doesn’t mean I don’t get it from time to time, I just know how to best deal with it. April 3, 2015Improve Your Writing Skills, Part IINot only should you know how to start a well-written document (covered Wednesday), it also helps to know how to wrap one up. And I’m referring to more effort than just typing LOL or adding a smiley.
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April 2, 2015Android Malware Update
A frequent question I’m asked is, “What of Android malware?” Well, actually, the real question is more like, “Can I get a virus on my Android phone/tablet?” The answer is always “Yes,” but the rates of infection show that your risk is really quite low.
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Yesterday it was Harvard campus, then the rest of the Ivy League. Today it’s domination of all social networking. Tomorrow, it looks like Facebook is trying to become the entire Internet. Is mankind ready for this? Do we even want it?
