In the summer of 2011 I had the pleasure of meeting Detective Christopher Baughman of the Las Vegas Police Department in person and chatting with him about his book, “Off the Street.”   You see Detective Baughman is the lead for... Read More

Those who are unfamiliar with the terms "sex trafficking" or "human trafficking" I hope will envision children being bought and sold, for the use of others - child slavery would also be an apropos term. This isn't isolated to... Read More

I recently read a paper published February 2011 in the Psychiatric Times re bullying and its effects on adolescent suicides (written by By Anat Brunstein Klomek, PhD, Andre Sourander, MD and Madelyn S. Gould, PhD, MPH – bio’s provided below).  The... Read More

mi·sog·y·ny - noun \mə-ˈsä-jə-nē\ Definition of MISOGYNY : a hatred of women (including sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women) The year is 2012 and we find ourselves collectively scratching our heads as evidence of misogyny... Read More

In mid January 2011, Tiffani Maxwell of Portersville, PA took her own life, she shot herself. According to her parents she was the target of bullying and falsehoods - the methodology included both cyber-bulling and face-to-face by her classmates. Her mother,... Read More

Today I opened up the NY Times web page to see Nicholas D. Kristoff’s piece “Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods” which speaks to how Village Voice Media accepts advertising on their websites which offers lightly veiled solicitations for the services of “escorts”... Read More

Today I opened up the NY Times web page to see Nicholas D. Kristoff's piece "Where Pimps Peddle Their Goods" which speaks to how Village Voice Media accepts advertising on their websites which offers lightly veiled solicitations for the services... Read More

On January 13, 2011 - Kiefer Allan, age 14, was the first of many children who took their own life during 2011 as a result of not being able to cope with the onslaught of bullying.... Read More

Today, March 8, 2012 is International Women's Day and is the 55th that I've been around to observe, though I may not have understood the first 12 or 13 occurrences. The history of the day can be found in... Read More

I had the pleasure of watching the film The First Graderwhich details the efforts of Kimani NgaNga Maruge to take advantage of the "Free Education for All" which was availed throughout Kenya in 2003. Little did the authorities know that... Read More

This past week we have all been reeling from the shock of the murder of Charlie and Braden Powell, who were murdered by their father. The same father whose wife, Susan Powell, has been missing (presumed murdered by her... Read More

Seattle PI This past week we have all been reeling from the shock of the murder of Charlie and Braden Powell, who were murdered by their father.  The same father whose wife, Susan Powell, has been missing (presumed murdered by... Read More

Safer Internet Day 2012 (SID2012) serves as great opportunity to remind ourselves of the need to exercise a bit of caution as we traverse the wired side of life. What impresses me the most is the multi-lingual, multi-topic approach... Read More

Over the course of the last few days, my family and I have been screaming at the TV as the despicable case of alleged welfare fraud conducted by David Silverstein and his spouse, Lyudmila Shiminova. In this time of economic uncertain, high unemployment... Read More

On 2 November, I gave a talk, "Unintended Consequences" at Gnomedex. I spoke to the need to recognize that "always-on" isn't necessarily always good. I went on to describe the train-wrecks which occur when technology which is... Read More

I had the pleasure of speaking with Chris Pirillo pre-Gnomedex about a variety of subjects, some light, some humorous and one very serious - the topic of bullying and the attendant suicides. During this discussion, I also shared my... Read More

17 October 2011 (#NCSAM – National Cyber Security Awareness Month) Encryption: To encrypt or not encrypt, that is the question (a hat tip to the Bard of Avon). In this day and age of digital data thefts, careless loss of... Read More

Those who have followed my writing on the subject of Wi-Fi security know my passion for taking seemingly basic steps to keep one’s wireless activity safe and secure. In a recent survey conducted by the Wi-Fi Alliance 86% of... Read More

What’s SMISH? SMISH is Short Message Service (SMS) Phish or in the lexicon of the day, Text Message Phishing. What’s phishing? Phishing is a criminal action where you are engaged by a third-party with the... Read More

If you don’t maintain the health of your device then you should expect that your device will at some point in the future become compromised in some way, shape or form. What type of compromises may occur? How... Read More