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Periscope: the movie

Periscope: the movie [the app that might just change the world]

Life Is Like Air Travel

Life Is Like Air Travel: Thoughts From Places

My girlfriend and I try to get home, but plans go awry. Here’s the story of what happened. Another Thoughts From Places video. It reminds us how air travel is the perfect window into how life sometimes runs its course.

the History of Tylenol | a game of marketing

The story of how Tylenol convinced the world it was more than just acetaminophen and better than aspirin.

For more information on the subject of Acetaminophen and the history of Tylenol I recommended:

Nancy West Communications: http://goo.gl/AY9xDx
& Pro Publica’s Report: https://goo.gl/KWKccL

Everything you want to know about FanDuel and Draft Kings—But couldn’t ask. Short Documentary

Thoughts From Places: Making it in the Midwest (Chicago)

Thoughts From Places: Making in the midwest.

(a BostWiki take on the vlogbrother’s thoughts from places videos.)

Thoughts From Places: Making it in the Midwest

How to Make Money, and other Weird Economic Philosophy

Capital Gains Tax Explained! Why the Super Rich play less long term

Capital Gains Tax Explained! Why the Super Rich play less long term. Or do they?

What is Beme? The new (honest) social media app.

There’s a new social media app on the market, Beme or BeMe. It looks a lot like Snapchat but behaves differently. Fundamentally it’s a gamble on human nature. Find out what’s going on/learn more.

What is Beme? The new (honest) social media app.

Moving Day. Tenant vs. Landlord

What Are DDOS Attack? Why Cyber Warfare Matters.

DDOS, also known as distributed denial of service, attacks are both a means of cyber warfare and tool for disrupting and shutting down servers. There are a variety of protocols that can used to launch a DDOS attacks, ICMP, TCP, Peer to Peer, (s) Syn Floods, HTTP—each is a way of confusing and overwhelming the server or the server’s DNS. Currently DDOS attacks are launched largely underground by individuals or small collective organizations and they’ve been more nuisance than disaster.

However the power of DDOS attacks have been growing steadily and they now have the potential to wreak havoc. This video voices concerns about what would happen if two industrialized countries (China, Russia, Japan) were to square off in our now global economy.

In 2015 the internet and the United State’s economy are inextricably intertwined, and a powerful concentrated attack on the internet would be an attack on our economy. And history shows weak economies lose wars. And don’t think cell phones are immune to DDOS attacks either. DDOS attacks have the potential to take down phone communication as well.

DDOS attacks and the existential threat.