Posts Tagged "safety"

How many times has a post like this ended up in your news feed? And then let’s say you share it. If you’re like me or my Facebook friends, by default, your shares and posts are set to “Friends Only.” That means this teacher will never see that you shared it. What if you share […]

I’m asking you seriously. Would you drive more safely if you knew that one or more cameras was recording everything you did (along with your license plate)? Because I’m going to start doing that. And I might even post videos of people nearly killing me while I commute. Those videos might include your license plate. […]

Here’s how NOT to change lanes when driving. Don’t suddenly veer into the tiny open space you just noticed in the lane next to you without signalling and without looking. Because you will probably nearly kill someone on a motorcycle or scooter. Also don’t ignore me beeping at you and nearly run me over so […]

I commute on a scooter, and now that I’ve been doing that for over 1000 commuting miles, I would like to give everybody advice on how to drive… especially when someone on a two-wheeled motorised vehicle is in front of, behind, or next to you. I’m Not Slow Some scooters are tiny and go putt-putt. […]

I was flying recently, and I remembered how you always used to get asked if you packed your own bags. And then they stopped asking that. I’m guessing that didn’t work. But I want to know who THOUGHT it would work. Who thought that we could ask people if they packed their own bags and […]

Lyft is showing me heaps of Facebook ads. First, it told me I could make $18/hr driving my car around the city. A few weeks later, it told me I could make $20+/hr driving around the city. Hmmmmm. Maybe not much response to $18? Lyft and other collaborative consumption services are super on my radar […]

I have a saved Twitter search for “personal safety” just to see what’s going on that might be relevant to my startup. This one popped into my stream since it matched the search terms. But my oh my, this is not an issue my startup will be dealing with. I couldn’t help but be curious. […]

If you’ve read articles on password safety and how easy certain types of passwords are to hack, then you may have seen this image: I bring this up because I just got off the phone with a bank. I won’t say which one. But they told me that my password was NOT case sensitive… even […]