Two weeks ago, I picked up some friends at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, NY. They had flown in from their oceanfront home in Mazatlán, Mexico, and were our houseguests for a week. It was the couple’s first visit to the Big Apple, so they had a full itinerary of day trips and sightseeing …
Monthly Archives: October 2021
Media Maker for The Masses
The first business card I ever made for myself had the phrase you see above listed as my job title. Today it only exists on my Twitter profile. As pretentious as it may sound, it encapsulates how I view my role as a media creator. Basically, it comes down to two words. Accessibility and Responsibility. …
Digital Security: Life on the High Wire
Years ago, my mindset about all things online automatically defaulted to trust. After all, all these websites were “serious businesses” with professional standards. All my financial transactions appeared to be labeled as “secure.” Surely they will guard my personal information as if it were their own. It’s not like they would sell it to the …
Control: What’s Past is Prologue
Ever since Al Gore invented the internet (spoiler alert – he didn’t), there have been concerns about “bad actors” spreading misinformation and disinformation online: digital contaminants befouling a nascent “cybertopia.” I remember firing up Compuserve on my 512K Mac and dial-up modem and feeling a sense of limitless possibilities, but also wondering what could stop …
