5 things I learned in Moscow on day 1.

1.  Just because you don’t speak Russian and your driver doesn’t speak English doesn’t mean you both cant belt out “Walking in Memphis” when it comes on the radio in the middle of a traffic jam. I think we bonded. 2.  Cheeseburgers in Moscow come with an egg on top (Why was I eating a … Read more

SMS Charge Scam

There has been some talk in my office about a fraudulent SMS charge scam on peoples AT&T bills over the last couple of months. There were 3 people in my office who got hit with this scam. I finally got around to examining our bill closer and found out that my wife’s phone had been … Read more

What is Twitter good for?

People always ask me “What is twitter good for?” Here is a good example.  Bank of America has a foreclosure on my block that they weren’t taking care of by mowing the grass and doing basic maintenance. After spending a couple of hours mowing my grass in the 90 degree weather I was tired of … Read more

XPS 13

I have been doing a lot of traveling and speaking over the last year and my old (but trusty) Latitude D630 was starting to show its age (as in wont cold boot unless I remove the battery) and I was running out of room on the lid for conference stickers so I jumped at the … Read more

Isn’t this mostly common sense stuff?

I gave a talk at William Woods University on Friday about protecting yourself on social media sites and after I got done with my talk and was chatting with a group of students who came up to ask some follow up questions they didn’t want to ask in front of the group when one of … Read more