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Monday, January 3rd, 2011
The Tripwire IT Security Incident Top 5 (or is it Bottom 5?) for 2010
This blog post inspired by Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd. Refurbished from Dec. 21, 2010 post for @TripwireInc Someone recently posed this question to me and a few cohorts here at Tripwire, the IT security company where I work: What are your Top 5 IT Security Events for 2010? At first, I responded [...]
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Thursday, December 16th, 2010
I suck at updating my blog
Wow! 77 days ago I had something to say. Now, I can’t think of anything worthwhile to write about. Hey…look at that? I just wrote something. Cool. See you again in 77 days, or less if I get frustrated by something. Until then, I just finished John Lennon’s final interview in Rolling Stone. Buy the [...]
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Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Welcome to SIN City. The Stupid Shall Pay
Everybody’s stupid about something. Nobody can afford to be stupid about malware, and IT security dos and don’ts. It’s time to quit laughing at stupid computer user behavior and start making the weak links stronger.
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Fear and Loathing in D.C. – A Rube’s Take on the Gartner IT Security Summit
This Post Inspired By….the band “Security Threat” and their song Refusal (on Blip.fm) EXTENDED VERSION OF POST ON TRIPWIRE.COM posted on 6/28/2010 : With Comments/responses With apologies to the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson, I write this as one of Hunter’s favorite words for a person who was fresh meat in battle, “Rube.” Thompson’s battle [...]
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Facebook turns LIKE into the new L-Word
Is it just me or is Facebook making life more complex by trying to simplify it? Just as I started to make sense of the social Rubix Cube of community pages, group pages, Fan pages, et al. They turned mutual interest, passionate sharing of information and interaction into the blandest word in the English language [...]
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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Whine and the World Will Rain Down Upon You
This blog inspired by Steve Ray Vaughan’s “The Sky is Crying” and Louis Armstrong’s “When You’re Smiling the Whole World Smiles With You.” OK…seriously…6 months since my last blog post?@?@?@? I’m surprised this thing even works anymore. Cause-based marketing keeps you hopping…that’s for sure. But to be honest..the previous Grampa post just took a lot [...]
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
5 Things Grampa Taught Me That Helped Make Me a Better Marketer
Part redneck, part roughneck and all man in an increasingly domesticated man’s world, Grampa Jack was quick with opinions and head-shaking dismay despite his lack of a high school diploma to back him up. Common sense ruled — in the shop, around the card table, on the porch and anywhere else he chose to plant his Size 12 Tony Lama boots. A simple wisdom left permanent marks, like these gems:
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Monday, July 13th, 2009
Scared Alive: How Maslow Can You Go In a Down Economy?
This series of personal palpitations is inspired by this relevant rock block: Too much Time on my hands by Styx (as the 1000-word blog will attest), Don’t Fear the Reaper by The BOC and Pearl Jam’s Unemployable –which is actually pretty enlightening despite the title. A prelude to an actual point Before I figure out [...]
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Sunday, June 7th, 2009
The Pessimist is winning in the battle for my soul
I’m telling you…over the last month I’ve tried to, as they sing in “The Life of Brian” Look on the Bright side of Life. (whiiiwhoo…whoo whoo whoo whoo)…but when a crazy lady in a custody battle threw her kids off the Sellwood Bridge in Portland a few weeks back and a father pulled the same [...]
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Saturday, April 18th, 2009
Prospects Are People. Treat Them Accordingly
(FYI…Republished and amended from a recent post while on the clock at Babcock & Jenkins on April 14, 2009) This Post Inspired By I’ve Seen All Good People — Yes. You and your sales colleagues call them leads. Some call them prospects. Others suspects. Whatever you call those who you believe absolutely need what you [...]
