Senior Detective Dave Street, of the Moreno Valley Sheriffs department, gave a presentation to the Riverside Tech CEO Forum about Identity Theft & Fraud. I found the presentation to be fascinating and disturbing. Based on the facts he provided, I believe everyone should take the time and review the information he presents. In this post [...]

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It may not be amazing to you, but for me, it was an astounding act of honesty! And really, that is sad. Someone dinged my car yesterday in the parking lot in Aliso Viejo, California and actually left me a note explaining what happened along with their contact information.

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Scott Hamilton of Allign, recently spoke about Internal Branding at a CICAMA meeting. Following are some insights I gleaned from that talk. Enjoy!

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I wrote this post for those who have still not decided what to do, or don’t know what iss available to do, for the Fourth of July holiday in Southern California.
If you already have plans, please share in the comments.
Happy Fourth of July! Let the fireworks begin!

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Mine were! It looked like some kind of serif font was being substituted for fonts that were sans-serif under Windows. We’ll the fix is very simple. I hope this helps someone.

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After upgrading to Hardy Heron, I found that my VMWare no longer worked. No good! So being the early adopter that I am, I decide its time to give VMWare Server 2 Beta a spin. Oops…. just a bit painful. Thankfully, I finally figured it out through the help of several websites. Here is the [...]

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Note: Check out this thread at Digg.com to vote on features you would like to see implemented in Plurk.
I have not been sucked into a social networking service like this until I first discovered Digg.com. There is something about Plurk ( Yes, my links to Plurk are invites from me :p ) that has me [...]

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This information comes from a panel I attended at Social Media School. For your benefit, I have captured the key points. Enjoy!

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When I saw this screen at LAX, I just had to click the community icon, thinking maybe I would find an airport based social network.

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Yesterday, at Digital Hollywood, I interviewed Brett Wilson, founder of TubeMogul.com. He explained what TubeMogul is all about and offered some examples of how TubeMobul has been used along with some tips on how to maximize its usage. If you are looking for a way to boost traffic and SEO for your website, then [...]

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