Dude, Where Have You Been? Pt. 2

Continuing with my monthly Medium digest

Don't Get Anchored In this post I briefly talk about the phenomenon of anchoring, where we base our estimates, ratings, and opinions on what we've already been told instead of our objective review.

Let's Talk About Management Style in which I do just that, duh!

I Failed as an Uber/Lyft Driver I put in my hours and my miles, but in the end, being a driver for Uber and Lyft just wasn't something I could be good at.

Anybody Remember Newsvine? Newsvine was my first social media love.

Is Star Trek Fandom Really Divided Across Generational Lines? We surveyed Star Trek fans to determine whether there were generational differences in their preferences. After collecting over 3500 responses, we analyzed the results.

There you have it. If you've read all of those, you're caught up on what I've been doing over the past couple of months. Moving forward, I will post a new Medium digest each month on or about the 8th of the month. All of the links will be for free viewing.

Dude, Where Have You Been?

So, my original intent was to post frequently to this blog. Honestly, life got in the way. Distractions were many. I got seduced by Medium and began writing there on a semi-regular basis. Most of my activity will likely remain over there, at least for now, because of the reach. I will still post here and as a bonus for following my blog, you will get to bypass the paywall and read all of my Medium content for free. I will post a monthly digest of my Medium posts here. Of course, I would love for you to join Medium since I get paid a few pennies when you read my posts there, but I don't mind giving you free stuff. So, with no further ado, this is the first installment of my monthly digest (I will have to come up with a better name). Stay tuned for more.

Invisible Black People What's up with white people pretending not to notice black friends and coworkers in public spaces? We literally become invisible to them.

Tales of the Uber/Lyft Driver: Relationship Troubles What happens when an Uber/Lyft ride goes really, really wrong?

I Charge My Friends for Professional Services Wherein I ramble on about why you should charge your friends, family, and coworkers for your professional services. No, I don't necessarily mean money, but there should be some compensation for your time, talent, and supplies. Don't work for free unless you're running a charity service.

Privacy Never Existed What we think of as a loss of privacy today isn't really the case. Privacy never existed. Privacy is simply the rate at which information can be transferred from where it is kept to where it is needed.

What's With the 1-Star Review? Just what are you really rating when you rate the service you received and how will that rating be used?

I Really Miss Google+ Google+ or G+ as most of us called it, was never a graveyard for me until Google killed it. It was a place where I could find lively discussions on just about any topic and make friends with people from around the globe based on shared interests rather than knowing people in common.

When We Were Latchkey Kids Once upon a time kids and teens could walk home from school, play outside, or even stay home by themselves.

DoorDash, UberEats, and All the Rest These gig-economy food delivery services are not built on a sustainable business model. They're just burning through venture capital and not paying workers what they deserve. The average DoorDash delivery driver makes $1.45 an hour after expenses not including tips.

Star Trek Fandom and Me When you cut me, I bleed Starfleet.

Welcome to the Tech-n-Stuff Advice Column

I've been thinking about giving an advice column a go. Since I call my blog Tech-n-Stuff, I figured I'd offer advice on a wide variety of topics, anything from standard tech support (of a general nature) to writing, to presentations (academic and business), to relationships and sex. I'll pick a few questions out of any that are submitted and answer or expound upon them. All questions will be handled as anonymous, meaning I won't reveal your identifying details in answering the question. I reserve the right to select the questions I answer out of all those submitted, this means your question might not be answered publicly. I reserve the right to answer some questions privately as my choice. If you would like to submit a question to be answered privately, you must specify "private answer only" when submitting the question. Failure to do so means it might be answered publicly. Finally, I reserve the right to group questions by topic and answer them in that fashion rather than answering them in the order they were submitted.

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