Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

Interesting book review in the Wall Street Journal on Moments of Impact-- corporate strategy meetings.  The authors, Ertel and Solomo...

I'm not really into the psychic stuff.  First, I learned in Yeshiva that we are not supposed to divine the future.  Second, I don...

Good, Sue Shellenbarger in the Wall Street Journal finally said it..."likability matters more than ever at work." Yes, you ...

Brilliant video by Kendra Eash for McSweeney's Internet Tendency . It is made entirely with stock footage from Dissolve . What is a...

Thank you Huffington Post--article here  on Top 100 Most Social CIOs.  I never thought that an introvert like me could end up in a li...

There are a lot of basket cases out there--both in the physical world and in the virtual one. The New York Times today has an article b...

So our Navy is shrinking for real, but growing on the books. Steve Cohen writes in the Wall Street Journal  how the "U.S. Navy is s...

I like the potential of the  FireEye Malware Protection System (MPS). Unlike traditional signature-based malware protections like antivi...

Today, an editorial by Daniel Henninger in the Wall Street Journal  said it outright about Putin's land grab of Crimea and his vie...

So I'm not the biggest fan of Disney theme parks -- maybe that is not a popular thing to write. But to me, the rides alternate bet...

I loved the article in the Wall Street Journal By Andy Kessler.  Kessler's point is that technology is all about convenience.  ...

This is just ridiculous already...I mean why do we even bother to try, if as a nation we are just resigned to give up. 1. Russia takes C...

Life is unpredictable.  Today, at the pool, someone collapsed.  Looks like a heart attack or something serious. Most of the p...

This was an interesting student portrayal showing decision on whether someone is a friend or foe--I like it! On the face of it, is a com...

Going on 13 years since 9/11... - Ukraine invaded by Russia seeking to annex Crimea - Malaysia  Airline with 239 aboard missing and s...

I thought this was a cute sign in the elevator at Safeway.  "Be Yourself. Everyone else is already taken." Why they put th...

So true story...I'm in the changing room at the pool. There is a guy there, just a few feet away, naked.  The pool supervisor co...

So SCADA are Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems. They are a form of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) that m...

Fascinating video with Dan Tentler on the Shodan Search Engine...which CNN calls the "scariest search engine on the Internet." ...

Nice little video from Mandiant  on "The anatomy of a cyber attack." Despite the typical firewalls, antivirus, and intrusion de...

Interesting video demonstration of how botnets work and can literally take over your computer. In essence, your computer becomes a zombi...

In IT circles, IV&V generally refers to Independent Verification and Validation, but for CIOs another important definition for leading...

Good video on centralization vs. decentralization. A spider is the model of a centralized organism or organization--cut of the head and t...

Like many of you, as I watch the events unfold with the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, I am amazed at the "restraint" bei...

I liked this advertisement for the movie sequel to the 300 coming out this week.  Anyway, for this scary-looking dude, "War is in m...

This spool of cable has been hanging from this utility pole for days, maybe weeks.  I have never quite seen anything like this.  This ...

So, true story. I know identify theft is a serious matter, but really... I'm heading out of the driveway and I see the newpaper de...

This was a funny picture on the streets of Washington D.C. Someone drew these "armed" and dangerous penguins on the back of a ...

Coming to work this week, I saw a penny on the ground...then another...and another. I saw people passing the money, and instead of picki...