More and more people are using their online banks to pay bills and transfer money between accounts these days and I can only image that as time goes on, more and more people will begin to do so as well. I was talking to a friend of mine that is a computer programmer. Somehow we got onto the topic of online banking. He said that neither he, nor any of his colleagues use online banking. This struck me as odd because he is in his late 30’s and I would guess a prime user for this technology. How Safe Is Online Banking? As we talked some more, he told me the reason why he doesn’t bank online. He told me that he could easily break into a bank online and take cash. In fact, it is relatively easy to do. The only thing that is stopping him is … [Read more...]
How Much Are Your Thoughts Really Worth?
Would you actually pay money to get your thoughts front and center? Does a louder voice really need to have a price tag attached to it? Are your thoughts really so important that you would pay hard-earned money just to make sure your “friends” read them? In essence, I’m asking if you would be willing to advertise your own personal life? This is basically what we do anyway with Facebook and Twitter - only it has always been free to do so. People love to talk about themselves and love it even more when their posts get a lot of comments or replies. Facebook understands this - so they automatically move posts with lots of “Likes” or “Comments” to the top of friends respective timelines in order to promote more exposure. Here is where it … [Read more...]