| Hello: Here’s the latest edition of MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-up. We’ll kick off every week with this quick collection of tips, recommendations, observations and other interesting, valuable stuff. – Tom |
| Monday, August 6, 2018 MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-UpValuable Resource Discover Whether Your Info Has Been Compromised Seems like we hear about another major data breach every week. But how do you know if your personal information was among the compromised data? A website called “Have I Been Pwned” can tell you. Go to the site (haveibeenpwned.com), enter your email address, and you’ll see a list of data breaches that contained that address. The site will tell you the nature of the breach (i.e. whether passwords, credit card numbers or other sensitive data was captured). If you have been “pwned” (slang term, popular among online gamers for “owned”), you can react accordingly. Change your password. Cancel the captured credit card. And so forth… The site doesn’t have records for all data breaches. But it has enough info to be very helpful. How-To… Prevent Videos from Auto-PlayingI can’t stand it when I’m visiting a website and a video begins to play automatically. I found this useful article in the New York Times that describes ways to prevent videos from auto-playing. Enjoy the silence! Shout-Out For An Excellent Graphic Designer and Digital Marketer Looking for someone who can create a great logo, design a kick-ass graphic or flyer, help get your site to the top of the search rankings, write a compelling blog post or manage your social media? Check out AdrienneLuther.com. We hired Adrienne for the summer. She left us this month to complete her final semester at the University of Missouri. Meanwhile, she continues to work as a freelancer. We highly recommend her. You’ll find her contact information on her website. I’m Reading The Story of Hiroshima, As Told By Six Who Survived the Bomb Seventy-three years ago today the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. John Hersey was among the first American reporters to visit the ruined city where he interviewed countless survivors. The New Yorker magazine devoted its entire August 31, 1946 issue to Hersey’s work — a 30,000-word piece that tells the story of six survivors. This is a brilliant, moving, frightening article that was ground-breaking then and remains pertinent today. It’s must-reading — regardless of your politics. Quote that Still Resonate Today Why have I shared this article and the quotes that follow in a weekly email intended to educate and entertain? Well… Brilliant journalism is educational and entertaining — even when it covers the darkest subjects. To explain my thinking further, I share this quote from the New Yorker Editor’s Note that preceded Hersey’s work… “Few of us have yet comprehended the all but incredible destructive power of this weapon. Everyone might well take time to consider the terrible implications of its use.” ***Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip. Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend. Tom |
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