Best Practices to Protect Yourself

1. Think before you type. Your brain is your best security tool.

2. Use a different email address for every website and for each
activity.

3. Use unique usernames and passwords for every site and for
each activity.

4. Clear private data and history from your browsers after every
session.

5. Use and maintain firewall and anti-malware tools.

6. When engaged in Web harvesting, use a large number of source IP addresses.

7. Do not conduct any personal business on operational computers.

8. Work in a virtualized environment, and revert to a baseline image frequently.

9. Never keep sensitive or work information on the machine (or Virtual Machine Image) used for Internet operations/investigations.

10.Make sure your Internet activities can never be traced back to you or your organization.

The Drupal 7 code freeze triggered a lot of retrospective about Drupal core, and the Drupal core development model. Some of these discussions are collectively referred to as "smallcore".

While I'd prefer to postpone such a retrospective until after Drupal 7 is released and we're about to open up the Drupal 8 development branch, the discussion is already beginning on the web, and it is my responsibility to internalize people's thoughts and recommendations.

I've brainstormed about this a lot the last couple of weeks, and talked about it with various people. In this post, I propose 8 steps to help improve Drupal core development going forward. Some of these steps make Drupal better for end-users, some of these steps make Drupal better for developers, and other steps focus on making Drupal a better product. They might not address every concern that has been raised, but I hope they make for a good start and that they provide some focus.

We'll obviously have more thinking and brainstorming to do about Drupal 8. I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions, for bearing with some of the growing pains, and for helping us raise our game. It is what makes Drupal so great.

12 Expert Google Search Tips

1. Explicit Phrase:
   Lets say you are looking for content about internet marketing.  Instead of just typing internet marketing into the Google search box, you will likely be better off searching explicitly for the phrase.  To do this, simply enclose the search phrase within double quotes.
   

   Example: "internet marketing"

2. Exclude Words:
   Lets say you want to search for content about internet marketing, but you want to exclude any results that contain the term advertising.  To do this, simply use the "-" sign in front of the word you want to exclude.
   

   Example Search: internet marketing -advertising

3. Site Specific Search:
   

1. Be on time. Punctuality is essential. You should never tolerate late arrivals and missed deadlines for yourself or anyone else.
2. Do your homework. Wasting other people's time due to poor planning and thoughtlessness will only leave a bad impression.
3. Make a mental dossier on people. Before meeting people for the first time, do some research on them. People will be flattered if you reference a deal you know they've done or a charity they're involved in.
4. Remember people's names and small details about them. Use both in conversation. People love to hear their names and their stories said out loud.
5. Be honest. Most people can smell a lie and will appreciate honesty, even if it's not exactly what they want to be hearing.
6. Let other people talk. Any business conversation should be two-sided.
7. Be self-deprecating and disarming. Don't be a bulldozer in business; save your hardest edge for when you need it most. (Trump).