PinnedMember-onlySTFU — A Guide For People Who Talk Too MuchAsk anyone who knows me, and they’ll say I’m a talker. Ask anyone who has known me for a few years, and they will likely say I talk too much. Ask someone who just met me, and they might wonder where you got that idea. Years ago, I started to…Outgoing6 min readOutgoing6 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Most Surprisingly Effective Way to Judge a Potential EmployerI discovered it by accident, and I should have turned around and left before the interview even started. Early in my career I was changing jobs usually more often than every 2 years. I went through a record-breaking run of 5 or 6 employers in a row which went belly-up…Interview3 min readInterview3 min read
PinnedMember-only“Ready For Leadership” IndicatorsSeven Things that your superiors are judging about you. There are simple properties your executives and leaders are looking for when trying to figure out how to arrange an organizational hierarchy. …Management4 min readManagement4 min read
PinnedMember-onlyYour CBD/THC Cream Will Trigger on a Drug TestAnd yet many Google searches said otherwise. I have severe knee pain. I had a knee surgery (OATS procedure) about fifteen years ago, and my knee was pain-free for about ten, then it deteriorated to bone-on-bone. …Marijuana3 min readMarijuana3 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Only Security Certification That Mattersand it doesn’t exist (yet). Maybe you have a career in cyber security, or maybe you want to pursue one. Maybe you are pursuing higher education, or maybe you are learning in your mother’s basement. That’s not what this is about. This is about the person who has neared the…Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Oct 12, 2022Member-onlyIn Pursuit of a PromotionApparently, by doing nothing. “Why didn’t I get this promotion?” No, that’s not me asking that question. That’s my “competition.” Not that we were competing. They had expressed interest to the leadership team that theywanted to run a larger department. …Management3 min readManagement3 min read
Aug 31, 2022Member-onlyImprove Public Speaking Through ToastmastersOops, I mean TikTok. I enjoy public speaking. I enjoy Toastmasters. Toastmasters, however, proved to be an inefficient tool for improving my public speaking skills. Here’s why.Public Speaking4 min readPublic Speaking4 min read
Aug 30, 2022Cybersecurity — P2: CIA Triad571Dino CajicIMHO it's worth giving uber-concise definitions of the CIA Triad definitions:IMHO it's worth giving uber-concise definitions of the CIA Triad definitions: Confidentiality: Only those who should have access, do. Integrity: Data is what it should be, and chaged only by those with authority Availability: Systems and Data should be accessible and useful It's also an interesting side-note how many "CIA+" standards you will see from various security professionals, including: CIAP: adds "Privacy" which is, you know, confidentiality1 min read1 min read
Aug 25, 2022Member-onlyThe Greatest Console Ever MadeThese features are hard to believe, but I’ve played it and it’s insane! If you made a wish list of the best features for a gaming console, what would it have? Top of the line, of course, is games. The best games. Or, more accurately, the best-marketed games to suck…Gaming4 min readGaming4 min read
Aug 19, 2022Member-onlyFunny Social MediaOr, “funny comments I put in my Venmo transactions” My wife had a bunch of her friends over a few weeks ago for some witchery called “Bunco.” As I greeted people at the door (on my way out to do more manly things like pickleball) one of…Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
