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The text message may start with an innocuous, “Hey, George. We’re gathering up a team for 18 holes. You in”? Or it may be a bit more suggestive such as,

I would like to share with you a proposal that I’ve been pondering. I don’t expect to change the world, but I think this is a cool thought experiment for

BOOSH! One of the many perks of my job is getting to meet extraordinary people. Recently, I had the honor of meeting a man who was part of a forgotten

In my last exciting installment, we discussed the bewildering choices of video streaming services, price gouging from Netflix, and a few ways of lowering your monthly payout and blood pressure.

Hello, my dear reader. I’ve struggled with how to tell you this for a while. I’ve tried a few times to write a whole article about this but I simply

A few weeks ago, I wrote about the impending Metaverse that Meta (the company that owns Facebook) is building. Meta is dumping 10 billion dollars into this project on the

We covered the pandemic of mis and disinformation a couple of articles ago and I promised to come back with a cure. As a quick review, misinformation is misleading. Disinformation

A close friend of mine, “Sally,” was recently enjoying a quiet Saturday morning when her phone rang. The caller ID read, “Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Dept.” The deputy informed Sally that

This is a subject that I’ve touched on before but the world did not read what I wrote so the problem is getting even worse. This column will surely put

One of the banes of my professional existence is being bombarded by requests for help from (mostly older) clients who fall for internet or email scams that often involve their