I’ve started this blog to have a place to put my rants, raves and opinions. Please feel free to comment on what you see here, but keep it brief and to the point! Mostly, I will leave the party and international politics to others who are more eloquent about...
Fitbit FAIL
What Informs Me
Is Microsoft 365’s “OneDrive” a type of Ransomware?
Medicare (Dis) “Advantage”
I was inspired to send this message by this brazen marketing attempt I got yesterday. You might know that “Medicare Advantage” is neither Medicare nor advantageous for most Medicare-covered citizens. It’s a private, for-profit HMO-style insurance option that has more practitioner and coverage restrictions than Medicare, and costs more....
How Software Lives – And Dies
It’s about profiteering, feature bloat, regressions and bad updates. Let me explain: I love software and apps that do a small set of things really well, especially if they’re free. There are lots of examples, like FileZilla, among other programs with “zilla” in their names, reflecting a legacy of...
Cognitive Biases – How Many Do You Exhibit?
Personal Package Pet Peeve
I’m really sick of those {email/text} shipping notices from {UPS/USPS/FedEx/Amazon/Etsy/etc.} that tell me there’s a package coming today or tomorrow, but no clue as to what it is or even who the vendor is, unless I {click through to/search for} the tracking number on the vendor’s website, which usually...