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Tag: ISTM

ISTM#40: Fighting Cybercrime with Words

February 22, 2022 Shel Israel

  I was already concerned about online crime in January when Russia threatened to use both nuclear and cyber weapons…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: ISTM, Shel Israel

ISTM # 39 Spotify, Free Speech & Regulation

February 3, 2022 Shel Israel

I’m in the process of moving my music collection from Spotify to Apple Music. I hope that I’ll be one…

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Posted in: ItSeemstoMe, Shel Israel Filed under: ISTM, Neil Young, Shel Israel, Spotify

ISTM #38 Why I Give It Away

December 15, 2021 Shel Israel

Recently, I spent a pleasant hour talking with Chris Nalty about a book he wants to write about how he…

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ISTM # 37 Traditional Publishers are for Oprah –Self-Publishing is for the Rest of Us

May 31, 2021 Shel Israel

[Johannes Gutenberg, World’s 1st Book Publisher]  One of the most frequently asked questions I get from people considering writing their…

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Posted in: Ghostwriting, Shel Israel, Uncategorized Filed under: ISTM, John Zilber, Nick Arnett, Self-Publishing, Shel Israel

ISTM #36 Struggling to Write Your Book? Try My ETOC.

May 12, 2021 Shel Israel

I was coming to the end of a long ghostwriting project looking for a new one.  So, as usual, I…

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Posted in: ItSeemstoMe, social networks Filed under: ISTM, Shel Israel

ISTM #35 Life After Facebook

January 19, 2021 Shel Israel 3 Comments

  As I see it, Facebook, along with Donald Trump and Covid are the three curses of our times. Now…

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Posted in: ItSeemstoMe, social networks Filed under: Chris Kieff, elon musk, facebook, ISTM, Mastodon, MeWe, Minds.com, Musk, Parler, Shel Israel, Signal.org, WhatsApp, WT.Social

ISTM #34: 2021: A Year for Breathing Easier

January 1, 2021 Shel Israel

In 2020, Donald Trump and COVID-19 raised the bar for the worst events. But this post is not about Trump and coronavirus: It is about putting a terrible year behind us in 2021.

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: 2021, COVID-19, Donald Trump, ISTM, Joe Biden, new year, Shel Israel

ISTM #33: A Jew’s View of Christmas (revised)

December 15, 2020 Shel Israel

Christmas may be a Christian day for you, but for me, it is a day of hope for humankind. It redoubles at times like these when hope seems out of reach for so many.

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Posted in: ItSeemstoMe, Shel Israel Filed under: Christmas, ISTM, peace on earth, personal, Shel Israel

ISTM #32: Why Covid-19 is Like Malware

August 20, 2020 Shel Israel

Biological infections, such as Covid-19 and digital infections such as phishing and malware have a great deal in common.

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Posted in: Cybercrime, Ghostwriting, ItSeemstoMe, Post-Pandemic Era, Shel Israel Filed under: bubonic plague, COVID19, cybercrime, Dr. Fauci, heuristics, ISTM, malware, Shel Israel, viruses

ISTM #31: Chatbots in the Post-Pandemic Era

July 2, 2020 Shel Israel

There are many kinds of chatbots. The big deal about the category is they learn by interacting with people and in so doing they keep getting smarter and more helpful.

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Posted in: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Augmenting People, ItSeemstoMe, Post-Pandemic Era, Shel Israel Filed under: AI, AI Deep Learning, chatbot, ISTM, Joseph Weizenbaum, Loebner Prize, MIT AI Labs, Shel Israel

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