This Week’s Links (weekly)

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    Linked: Women in the Workplace

    This is an acute problem for many of us, who want to participate in doing the work of promoting diversity and inclusion but are still getting measured by everything other than that. And, as the survey points out, it is oftentimes women who take on this work, in an effort to help other women and minorities achieve.

    But, as much as the C-Level folks talk about the importance of this work, it is not a part of the job performance, nor is time and effort really allocated for it.

    How many of you volunteer to take on this work, running an employee resource group, putting together presentations, leading group discussions, often at the behest of top management, and then when it comes times for performance reviews, the only thing that matters is time spent on bringing in revenue?

    The message seems to really be, “It’s great that you want to do this work for us, but make sure you do it on your time because your productivity will be measured against the people who don’t spend any time at all doing this work”

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    New Orleans

    Sure, we actually went to New Orleans back in October and I am just now getting around to uploading them to Flickr. As a hobbyist photographer, New Orleans is a great place. You can hit the French Quarter take some shots, pick up a good meal, continue out to St. Louis Cemetery, and wind down…

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    TrueCrypt Mystery

    If you’re not familiar with TrueCrypt, it a free utility that you can use to encrypt your data. I’ve used it for years, lots of people in the eDiscovery world have used it for years, among many other tech professionals, and I would imagine they continue to use it. Given the large user base, and…

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    Linked – When Bar Examiners Become Mental Health Experts

    If we want to encourage people to get help for mental health issues, we have to not also turn around and use that against them. Seems to me this process may be doing exactly that to potential lawyers, a group with a higher rate of mental health issues to start with. “The most stressful question…

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    Linked: Got An Email From A Hacker With Your Password? Do These 3 Things

    Davey describes something that I’ve seen myself, and know others have seen as well. “The perpetrator will suggest that they are a successful hacker who has not only gained access to your computer but installed malware to record your activity, including taking control of your webcam. What’s more, to validate their hacking credentials, they will…

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