Category: Technology
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Assumptions for addressing the technology ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’
It is clear that 2025 marks the point that the strong majority of larger firms will integrate AI into their core operations. 2025 marks the year that the largest and most powerful firms turn their attention beyond AI to superintelligence that will rock the word beyond our current imagination. Beyond these two clear trends, the…
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Is automatic telephone call transcription legal?
I use an automatic telephone call transcription service. This is wonderful aid to my memory and allows me to respond to calls more effectively when I am not at my desk. (I try to spend at least several hours working or walking outdoors on most most days). Several of the major AI-assisted call services connected…
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The best microphones for my small business
I rarely write about physical products except in the case when it appears that clear advice is lacking in the marketplace. While that situation seems almost impossible, I did find this issue recently when shopping for a personal microphone for my office. The purpose of this post is to help save time for another person…
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More on video evidence in court
Last week I posted a blog that commented on the surprising difficulties I faced this month having vehicle dash and bumper camera video evidence admitted as defense into a local Millville traffic court case. I’ve also been exposed to a number of cases in various courts (many mentioned in past blog posts) where regulators and…
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A note on Artificial Intelligence 2023
What we refer to as ‘artificial intelligence’, or ‘AI’, in use or emerging now in our daily lives is really just a bunch of bots scraping, speeding up, and repackaging the work of humans. It has the potential to increase efficiency but also to interfere with negative impact when we do not recognize the potential…
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Choosing a telephone system for a micro business
This is actually my self-help note that may have value to other small businesses or self-employed people: Facts underlying my decision about a small business telephone system: Small business phone systems today include a lot more today than manage calls. The market is highly fragmented. The complexity that I mostly do not need actually creates…
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Security enhancements during tax season
Avoiding the usual scams: Tax-related scams this year have risen to a level I’ve not experienced before in more than 4 decades of practice. Tax preparers are among the most targeted group. The defenses tend to require low tech personal attention. EMAIL – We observe that most (I read 85%) of scams begin with email.…
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Technology opens the door to nonprofit success
Rapidly evolving business technology makes it easier, faster and less expensive for a nonprofit organization to pursue its goals. Technology can help spread the message, recruit new supporters and board members, expand the target audience and deepen communications within the stakeholder groups. But every new technology should be vetted for consideration of how it will…
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Verizon Wireless cellular data throttling revisited
Today the news coverage of ATT’s $60 million fine for deliberately throttling cellular internet data raises new questions for me. I’ve covered the same issue with Verizon Wireless in detail here on my blog for years. The most recent blog post documenting the problem is here. Verizon Wireless admits to the practice of deliberate throttling.…
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New problem with cellular internet
Preface: Of course Murphy’s Law dictates that this internet access issue rose to a crisis status in the last two business days before the business tax filing deadline on Monday. I’ve been thinking how ironic it would be if lack of internet access is the factor that finally causes me to leave my home office…