Beyond the Rhetoric

Thank goodness that the Internet is open. After all, it is because of the world wide web that I got into the business of freelance writing in the first place and I’m not entirely sure what I would do without it. And it is with that line of thought that we dive into this Internet-themed [...]

The Internet is everywhere, except that it’s really not. There are going to be circumstances where you won’t have that pervasive access to the web and, if you’re anything like me, you may start to feel at a loss. It’s like suddenly being without a limb. Thankfully, there are offline equivalents or suitable alternatives to [...]

Everyone is getting hacked these days. Sony had their servers hacked. Regular people get their bank accounts hijacked. That’s why it is so important that you do everything that you can to keep yourself safe. And if you’re anything like me, that means protecting your Google account and Google 2-step verification is one way to [...]

Let me preface this by saying that I have no affiliation with the company, nor was I paid to do this post. If they had an affiliate program, I’d probably plunk in an affiliate link (but they don’t). Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I want to tell you about a service [...]

Nearly everyone I know has a smartphone of some kind. They might have an iPhone, a BlackBerry, an Android device… it doesn’t really matter. They’re all smartphones and they all can offer very similar functionality; they also all require a decent mobile data plan if you want to get the most out of what they [...]