Author: hrbrmstr
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Three Resolutions For Web Developers
I'm on a " three things " motif for 2012, as it's really difficult for most folks to focus on more than three core elements well. This is especially true for web developers as they have so much to contend with on a daily basis, whether it…
Three Resolutions For Mac OS X Users
In 2011, we saw a large increase in web site exploits that exposed private user data as well as a breakdown in the trust of SSL (for various reasons) and the introduction of real malware on to the OS X scene. If there were just three…
An Open Letter to IT Vendors For 2012
2012 is nigh upon us and with the new year, I am throwing down a challenge to each and every IT vendor out there. 2011 was a brutal year of incidents, breaches, outages and FUD and the last thing anyone needs is a repeat performance.…
Still Not A Fan Of Paywalls
As you can probably tell from a previous post , I'm not a fan of paywalls—especially poorly implemented ones. Clicking on a link in an RSS feed post and having it land on a page, only to have it smothered in an HTML layer or — in the…
Predictions? Humbug! Resolve Is Where It's At
This is the time of year when pundits and armchair/amateur analysts make predictions for the coming year. Given that only a tiny fraction of them predicted the Sonage of 2011 (not Sony specifically or the level of pwnage) or the…
You're The Mayor of FUDville!
Given the plethora of FUD-dropping in the article, I could only think of one way to do it justice, and that was a paragraph-by-paragraph check-in via: Every FUD-check…
DNSChanger Detector
The FBI made a tool to help you determine if you were a victim of the DNSChanger…
Why Didn't They Just…?
A while back I was engaged in a conversation on Twitter with @diami03 & @chriseng regarding (what I felt was) the need for someone to provide the perspective from within a medium-to-large enterprise, especially when there are so many folks…
Mid/Northern New England Tweetup
It's at Fort Foster. We thought about it a bit late in the season so no pavillion, but I'll be there wicked-early and have a gazebo-like covering setup over some tables. I highly suggest bringing folding chairs. There is a nominal entrance…
Your New Mega Security Program
Everyone who can read this blog should remember the Deepwater Horizon spill that occurred in the Spring of 2010; huge loss of life (any loss is huge from my persective) and still unknown impact to the environment. This event was a wake-up…