Impostor Syndrome | Daniel Miessler
The impostor syndrome, sometimes called impostor phenomenon or fraud syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to...
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Information Security Resilience | Daniel Miessler
Imagine what would have happened if, on September 13th, 2001, the President of the United States had said the following:...
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On the Argument That Conservatives Give More to Charity
I have many conservative friends who love to throw this argument at me when I speak of their lack of...
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Three Types of Employees | Daniel Miessler
Typically, organizations tend toward a MacLeod hierarchy with three tiers: the Sociopaths, the Clueless, and the Losers, in that order...
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The Moral Market Fallacy | Daniel Miessler
Many conservatives and libertarians are deeply confused about the morality of markets. They view markets as pure and benign forces...
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Email: Top vs. Bottom Posting
I’ve always been taught it’s polite to trim emails and type the reply below the text I’m responding to: Because...
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Why Do We Respect Reading More Than Watching TV?
Everyone knows smart people read and lazy people watch TV, but aren’t they often doing the same thing? I’m reading...
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Life, Friendship, and Ambition | Daniel Miessler
They say you are a composite of your closest friends, and given my ambition I often grapple with a balance...
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3-Phased Information Processing: The IT Meta-skill
Having worked in IT for a good bit of time I have thought a lot about various information technology skillsets...
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A Brilliant Commercial Sadly Misunderstood
Few terms are so misused as “racist”. People use it to describe everything from Jim Crow to fashion magazines with...
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Deleting Horizontal Lines From Word
If you’ve ever had a problem deleting a horizontal line in Microsoft Word, this post is for you. The answer...
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How to Explain SQL Injection to Anyone
There are many ways to explain SQL Injection, and the “best” way is clearly determined by who you’re talking to....
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