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Revue Newsletter Option
ByMike McBride October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

What I have been experimenting with, and which might interest some of you, is the new email newsletter tool that Twitter has made available, called Revue. It’s a little more hands-on than the current newsletter, so while I plan to send it out every Friday, I can’t swear to you that will always happen. On the other hand, I get to add some more stuff to this newsletter because it’s more hands-on. So I can pull in some links from other sources, drop in some text, etc. In essence, I’ll be experimenting with it, but you can expect that the goal will remain the goal I’ve always had with my blog, writing, and sharing interesting things that might help you out with technology, work, etc.

You can subscribe, and take a peek at some of my recent experimental issues over at my Revue profile. I hope you’ll consider subscribing, and sharing with your friends if you find it useful!

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Career | Links | Mental Health

Linked: 1 in 3 Employees Might Quit “for the Sake of My Mental Health,” Survey Shows
ByMike McBride October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

This is a real problem, our C-Level folks think they are addressing the issues of burnout, mental health, etc. because they’ve adopted an employee assistance program and instructed their people managers to be concerned about mental health issues, but they’ve not actually given them any training in how to do that. That’s a real problem and puts those managers in a real bind. How do they support the people who report to them, when no one has taught them appropriate ways to do that?

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Career | Personal

You Are More Than Your Job
ByMike McBride October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 Reading Time: 3 minutes

I think this is something that many of us have been realizing to some degree in the past couple of years. We are more than our work, and there are things in life that are more important than our work. I enjoyed the questions and challenges Arthur lays out as well, so you should go read the article and consider those. As I read through them I had one thought, over and over again.

How many of my friends don’t even care about what I do for a living?

I feel very lucky to have those folks. The people who’ve remained friends regardless of my current career status, The ones who might not even really understand what I do for a living. Because they ground me, and remind me that in actuality, what I do during my workday isn’t really that big of a deal. It’s all well and good to be great at my job, but the important people in my life are there because of the relationship we have, not because I’m good at legal tech, and I want them in my life because of who they are, not what their job is.

That’s a big deal.

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Security

Once More For the People In the Back – Do Not Give Out Any Information To Someone Who Calls You
ByMike McBride September 30, 2021October 18, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

And so, I repeat. Do not give out any information to someone who calls you. Hang up, and call your bank directly.

Go read the whole thing for more of the details on these services, and how they work. It’s interesting. But if you remember nothing else, remember that when anyone calls and says they are calling about your account, a legal issue, etc. Hang up, and call the place they say they are calling from directly. That’s not how any legitimate business works anymore, so the second someone calls you and starts asking you to verify who you are, be suspicious and hang up.

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Career | Links

Linked: Why publishers say opening up remote hiring has grown and greatly improved the applicant pool
ByMike McBride September 28, 2021September 27, 2021 Reading Time: 2 minutes

Still, I think it’s clear that opening up the hiring process to people who don’t live in the immediate area creates a more diverse pool of talent to choose from. That we have to go out of our way to tell people that makes me question what companies are doing, or really care about, when they talk about being diverse.

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Links | Security

Linked: Ransomware shame: More than half of business owners conceal cyber-breach
ByMike McBride September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

I’ve been saying it for a little while now, but I think this really cements it for me, your data has already been breached somewhere. Whether you know your personal information was involved in a public breach, or you’ve somehow managed to avoid that thus far, there is still a whole bunch of ransomware and other breaches that we don’t know anything about:

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