BSides is a free, all-day information security event that takes place around the world. The event will be in New Orleans on May 25, 2013 at the Hilton Garden Inn New Orleans Convention Center. Andrew Case is organizing this event with four others. He believes BSidesNOLA is a great networking and informational opportunity as well [...]
In the beginning there was THE INTERNET. Then around 1990 our friends at CERN created the WorldWideWeb. Humans learned to speak hypertext markup language and navigate the hypertext transfer protocol. With these modern technologies in hand, we created websites that looked like this: And worse, this: Then around 2000 we burst our own bubble, climbed [...]
There are only two games that I regularly play on my computer or mobile devices. The first is FreeCell, which I love because you can (almost) always win. The second is The Settlers of Catan. Settlers is a multi-player board game that was first introduced to me about a year ago. It requires at least [...]
The Sharer’s Circles When Google+ was announced, the biggest innovation was the ability to separate “friends” into “circles.” The concept being that we want to share different levels of information with different groups of people. The sharer gets more control over her privacy and who views her content. Many hoped this would also mean her [...]
A few months ago, I stumbled across a virtual emerald: Ohours.org. Ohours is, “the open office hours scheduling platform,” where you can check availability and schedule time to meet with interesting people and subject area experts all over the world. As I’ve written about before, I get occasional requests to act as a gateway into [...]
Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. - William Cowper, The Timepiece The famous quote above was published by William Cowper in 1785. Over 200 years later his words continue to be a banner for celebrating and encouraging diversity. Diversity of education, culture, viewpoint, and life experience has been [...]
Part one of this post described how to find the startup scene in your region. This follow-up post delves deeper into becoming a card-carrying member of the scene once you’ve pinned it down. If we were talking about how to bake bread, this is what my recommended recipe would look like: Observe Find a Sponsor [...]
Note: This is a very long post. If you want a tl;dr, here it is: Privacy is dead because it never existed. Creatures of Habit When I go to my favorite watering hole, the bartender says, “Jack and coke?” before I ever sit down. I’m far from being the only one who gets this treatment. A certain CTO [...]
Silicon Bayou News (SBN) is not a big media company (yet). We don’t have the resources or staff behind big tech news sites like TechCrunch or Mashable. The majority of our team works for free or meager pay and our writers contribute on their own schedules. I’m asked frequently if SBN is my full-time job – [...]
Journalists around the country continue to drool over the feel good, comeback kid story that is New Orleans. We can’t blame them – we love us, too! Both Bloomberg and Inc. Magazine published stories this week related to the local entrepreneurial movement. Unfortunately, both stories featured an image that reinforces an age-old idea of what [...]
