• How to freeze your credit, bank, and utility accounts

    A recent conversation with our Chief Information Security Officer impressed upon me the importance of protecting my credit. He talked about how his social security number and other protected information were sold on the dark web which led to problems with his credit and bank accounts. He went through the process of freezing his credit…

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  • Baby, it’s cold outside!

    Brrrrrr! I don’t remember it being this cold ever, and I’ve been living in Texas my whole life. Like you, I’ve been adapting to the cold weather over the last several days. My numerous cats (I won’t say how many) are doing gymnastics in the upstairs classroom, my chickens are getting warm bowls of water…

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  • Testing Your Home Internet Connection

    Thanks to Brian Long for researching this guest column about assessing your home Internet connection. Think your home internet isn’t as fast as it should be? See the article below for details and a walkthrough of how to test your speed. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2048594/how-to-test-your-home-internet-speed.html You’ll need to know a few things: What speed did your Internet Service…

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  • Marketable Skills

    (This is a reprint of an article I wrote in 2018). I was reading an article (THECB, 2018) the other day on the 60x30TX Initiative. This initiative, by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, seeks to bring the percentage of adults with some form of higher education (defined as an associates degree or above) up to 60% by the…

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  • Just the facts, Ma’am.

    During the pandemic, my observations of employees’ productivity while working from home (WFH) have varied. Some are more productive – some less. What I crave are facts supporting or refuting TTI’s productivity. For example, is our increase in research expenditures this year indicative of increased productivity in WFH? Have time-off requests changed during the pandemic…

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Adaptiman is the nom de plume of David Sweeney – retired CIO/CHRO, father, professor, brewer, and hiker.

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  1. I really enjoyed reading this. Uncle Tim sent it to me. I plan to move to Fredericksburg by the end…

  2. This was an extremely interesting read. Thanks for sharing. Another song that comes to mind is Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker/ Living…

  3. Liz Galvan on Day 3

    Hi David. Wow, looks like you’ve travelled a lot of miles (25.7) so far. Sorry to hear that you have…