The Top 10 Personal Cyber Security Tips

1. Keep Your Software Up to Date As we saw from the stats above, ransomware attacks were a major attack vector of 2017 for both businesses and consumers. One of the most important cyber security tips to mitigate ransomware is patching outdated software, both operating...

7 Steps to More Data Security

These tips will help you stay safe from identity theft and other digital dangers By Allen St. John Consumer Reports March 2019 Just Say No “Be stingy with personal information,” advises Justin Brookman, Consumer Reports’ director of consumer privacy and technology...

New Image Formats Coming to Web Publishing

Most anyone who has worked with digital files is familiar with JPG/JPEG, TIFF, PNG,and GIF files, as the dominating formats for designers doing online publishing. Here comes some new formats. Check out the article guide below courtesy of Freecodecamp.org....

There May Soon Be Three Internets. America’s Won’t Necessarily Be the Best.

A breakup of the web grants privacy, security and freedom to some, and not so much to others.  By The Editorial Board The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. Oct....

Justice Department Sues to Stop California Net Neutrality Law

How so very different, smarter, cleaner, more just, and well balanced, the country would be if more of it were like California. By Cecilia Kang, Via NYTimes, Sept. 30, 2018 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Sunday sued California to stop the state’s...
Happiness Week @ Yale

Happiness Week @ Yale

Project: Happiness Week Poster Design, Yale University Client: Margarita Mooney Technologies:  CS6: Photoshop; InDesign, Acrobat Description: Concept and design for event poster and flyers.

Its Okay to Call Them Pictures

Its Okay to Call Them Pictures

Good photography is still fun, so why not work at it a little? In an earlier post, I wrote about my (currently) diminished interest in taking photographs as an automatic impulse. While this has clearly reduced my output of self generated visual content, when I do...

Don’t Stop Locking Your Doors.

Don’t Stop Locking Your Doors.

Sometimes, I have no choice but to deliberately stop thinking about the vast security troubles facing all technology users. It can really be intimidating. I should add the word crippling for some users who are so protective of their data, that there is really no...

Data Security In Serious Trouble

Data Security In Serious Trouble

Major Security Hole for Passwords, Stored Files and Bank Details Discovered For two years hackers have been exploiting a huge flaw in the internet security protocol known as OpenSSL that allowed them to access personal data on computers and take usernames, passwords,...

Juice, Soda and Identity Theft

Juice, Soda and Identity Theft

You can run, but you can't hide. Yes. Its that bad. Order Chinese online. Buy a soda. Turn on the air conditioning. Now you've done it! Hackers Lurking in Vents and Soda Machines By Nicole Perlroth SAN FRANCISCO — They came in through the Chinese takeout menu. Unable...

Messaging Services Bypass the Old SMS Route

Messaging Services Bypass the Old SMS Route

By Kit Eaton New York Times “Kik me!” is not a silly note to pin to someone’s back. It’s a request to use the Kik app to chat with someone through mobile instant messaging. Kik is just one of many messaging apps that have arrived recently to rival the humble SMS as a...

Graphic Blogs

Graphic Blogs

Project: Web Site Client: Michael Bailey Technologies:  CS6: Photoshop; WordPress, Jetpack Description: Web site development.

The Cosmopolitan Canopy

The Cosmopolitan Canopy

Project: Book and Blog Web Site Client: Elijah Anderson, Yale University Technologies: CS6: Photoshop, Wordpress, PHP. Description: Web development for book publicity, media, and blog publishing. URL: cosmopolitancanopy.com  

Center for Comparative Research

Center for Comparative Research

Project: University Research Center Web Site Client: Julia Adams, Director, Center for Comparative Research, Yale University Technologies: CS6 (Photoshop, Dreamweaver), iWeb Description: Web site development for academic research center for fellows, workshops,...