Dec 6, 2020 | Adobe, Chrome, Google, Windows10
It’s confusing to open an online PDF. You click on a link to a PDF. You expect Acrobat to open and display the PDF. Wouldn’t that be nice? If it was that easy, you’d get the impression that we live in a rational, comprehensible world, which is frankly a bit naïve this...
Nov 22, 2020 | business, Facebook, Google, Internet, law, news, Politics, web_services
On October 14, the New York Post published a story alleging that smoking gun emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop implicated Joe Biden in corrupt schemes. It was immediately obvious that the story was almost certainly complete bullshit. Today, a few weeks later, it has...
Nov 19, 2020 | Amazon, business, Facebook, Google, Internet, law, news, Politics, web_services
Settle down, this is important. We’re going to talk about Section 230. I understand that you have no idea what that is. For now, take my word for it. I wouldn’t put you through this if it wasn’t a big deal. Section 230 is the key to understanding Facebook and Twitter....
Sep 28, 2020 | Android, Apple, Google, Microsoft, mobile, Office 365, OneNote, Outlook, phone, software, Windows10
I want you to add something to your to do list. Okay, what popped into your mind as the place you would put that? A notepad on the refrigerator? A post-it on the steering wheel? An app on your phone? A list in Outlook or OneNote? An Excel spreadsheet? Promising...
Sep 13, 2020 | business, Facebook, Google, Internet
The advertising business doesn’t work the way you think it does. You figure you’ve pretty well got it – you watched Mad Men, right? Back in the 1960s, cigarette-smoking men from ad agencies would wine and dine with publishers and TV executives to get a...
Aug 16, 2020 | Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, law, news, Politics, Privacy
“If people are at cross-purposes, they do not understand each other because they are working toward or talking about different things without realizing it.” Definition of “at cross-purposes”, Collins Dictionary “One example of arguing at cross purposes would be two...