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Linked – How to Deal with Participants Who Deliberately Disrupt or Sabotage Training
Anyone who’s ever done any technology training has seen this: “What are some of the common disruptive behaviors we see? Side conversations, excessive cell phone use, and participants who tend to dominate discussions are just a few. There are also latecomers and resistant learners. It’s not always easy to determine the cause of these behaviors,…
Reading – The OPM Hack is Far Worse Than Initially Thought
The facts about how shabby the security procedures at the OPM are appalling. The US government is constantly asking us to trust them to know what’s best and protect us, but how can we when facts like these come out? No security staff until 2013 and not using encryption? WTH? The OPM Hack is Far…
Linked: Section 230 Story: Coping with the “New Normal”
In all the talk about eliminating Section 230, I think this gets lost, and I’m glad Jessi is writing about. “Our reliance on the Internet, especially during the pandemic, is evidence that Section 230 continues to work as intended, despite its age. To set an expiration on the law is to accept that maybe we’ve…
Linked – Sexual harassment goes high tech with iPhone’s AirDrop
OK, really, don’t go change the default setting, and if you need to for some reason in a specific situation, turn it back off before you go back out in a public place. “Default settings on the iPhone are set to accept AirDrops from contacts only. But because the purpose of AirDrop is to quickly…
Linked: What I Learned About My Marriage, Kids, and Work Style While Working From Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic
What I really like about Eric’s article is that it’s written from the experience of someone, like me, who has worked remotely for years. Because right now I’m seeing so many articles talk about how awful working from home is, without being aware that this is not the norm when it comes to remote working:…