It’s been a few weeks since my last entry, life and work got in the way. I was in the middle of a series of blog entries on Keeping Kids Safe Online. We had recently purchased a new computer so I decided it might be time to evaluate a new tool. An online software review had rated WebWatcher over my favorite tool eBlaster so I decided ...

In the previous blog I outlined a number of top selling Content Filtering products and some of the things I felt were flaws that diminished their effectiveness. In this blog I'll explain what tool we did eventually select. First, here's a quick summary of some of the goals my wife and I established when trying to balance my children's ...

As I previously mentioned, I initially tried to allow my son some freedom by having an Internet connected PC in his room. I thought I could properly monitor and control his access using some of the popular Internet child safety tools that are readily available and heavily marketed. I tried Net Nanny, CYBSERSitter, and finally settled on Norton ...

We moved into our current home about 7 years ago, my son had just turned 9 years old. Like any good IT person would do I had an Internet connection installed in every room (this was prior to great wireless solutions). Soon after I built a new PC for my son and placed it in his room. I called it "Internet with a door", meaning he could ...

Over the next few blog entries I'm going to depart from discussing leadership and technology discussions as it relates to business and instead focus on how they relate at home.     News magazine shows like 60 Minutes, PrimeTime, and Dateline have been popular for many, many years. Sometimes they expose corruption in large companies ...