by Jeff Yablon | Oct 14, 2009 | Business Process
An amazing idea: the worst threat to security in your computer may not be a virus, or a piece of stray mal-ware. It’s your operating system. Or so says Brian Krebs, blogging for The Washington Post. And he’s probably right. The issue, says Krebs, is that...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 13, 2009 | Business Process, Media
Oddly, the answer might be “yes”. A few days ago, teen queen Miley Cyrus enacted one of the worst business changes ever when she quit using Twitter. I don’t follow her, and don’t really care. But I commented then that it was incredibly...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 12, 2009 | Business Process, Development
I don’t get to quote people who occupy such exalted positions as Paul Krugman very often. Frankly, while I like to think I’m a pretty smart guy, the world that Mr. Krugman occupies is one filled with beasties and monsters that I just don’t...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 9, 2009 | Business Process
So I hear that Facebook’s been on the fritz this week. Like, a lot. I haven’t noticed. Not because I don’t use it; I’m just saying it’s worked for me. And full disclosure: if Facebook wigged out for a whole week for me, I’d be...
by Jeff Yablon | Oct 8, 2009 | Business Process
Why is Nicholas Kristof so smart? Because he says what he means. I admire this. In today’s New York Times, Mr. K cuts to the core of the problem in U.S. health insurance; the people who are in charge of the changes don’t understand the problem. Please...
