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Digital Deception: Is Fake News a Laughing Matter?
It is not just clickbaiters that use fake news to accomplish their goals. It has also reportedly been a tactic of both the FBI and the Republican Party. Continue reading
Posted in Digital Deception, Digital publishing
Tagged clickbait, Digital Deception, digital publishing, fake news, FBI, GOP, Orson Welles, RNCC, satire, The Onion, War of the Worlds
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Digital Deception: Social Media’s Identity Conundrum Pt. 2
Both LinkedIn and Twitter have policies that reflect the way their services are being used. If, however, you want to be everything to everybody (Facebook) or if you are running from behind (Google+) the way forward is not so clear. Continue reading
Posted in Digital Deception
Tagged Digital Deception, fake profiles, Google, impersonation, LinkedIn, social media, Twitter
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Digital Deception: Social Media’s Identity Conundrum Pt. 1
The major social media networks are in something of a quandary about how to deal with fake identities. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+ have all taken different approaches. I don’t think any of them have found the solution. Continue reading
Posted in Digital Deception
Tagged Digital Deception, Facebook, fake profiles, social media
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Upholding the Constitution With a Sense of Humor
We all then stood up, raised our right hand, and took an oath to uphold the Constitution. And by god, that is exactly what I intended to do, although I admit to being a little sketchy about the right to bear arms bit. Seems to me there were probably some trials going on in that very courthouse involving some folks who were in deep shit for bearing arms. Continue reading
When Big Data Comes Up Small
Big data is not a substitute for vision, for effective decision making or for leadership. And if you don’t bring that to the table, no amount of data is going to be big enough. Continue reading
Posted in Technology
Tagged big data, education, human resources, marketing, recommendation engines, standardized tests, technology
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The Use and Misuse of Big Data
What is big data? It’s a lot of data. There is no need to try to come up with some more sophisticated definition. That’s all there is to it. It is what it is. Big data got big because so … Continue reading
Digital Deception and the Law
From a legal perspective, sockpuppets are like guns. They aren’t illegal but many of the ways people use them are. As the number of unethical, fraudulent and criminal acts perpetuated by online imposters grows, state legislatures in the U.S. have … Continue reading
Posted in Digital Deception
Tagged Digital Deception, fake profiles, law, onlne impersonation, social media, sockpuppets
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A Baseball Fan’s Retirement Guide
There must be a lot of people retired, retiring and starting to see retirement on the horizon because there is no shortage of folks ready to offer retirement “counseling.” Most of it is financial or healthcare related. I’m going to … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports
Tagged baseball, minor league, MLB, retirement, sports, stadiums
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17-Ton Marilyn, Enormous Abe and a Pitchfork in the Sky
Forever Marilyn Forever Marilyn is part of the Seward Johnson, The Retrospective exhibit at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, N.J. The 84-year-old New Jersey native was the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in 1992. More than 150 of … Continue reading
A Baseball Fan Memoir Chapter 5 – Money Changes Everything
Between 1991 and 2014 the cost of bringing a family of four to the ballpark for a major league baseball game increased 168%. That is based on a statistic called the Fan Cost Index which includes four average price tickets, … Continue reading
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