Every day has its little snippets of happiness, of connection, and if we look hard enough, even a positive accomplishment. It does sort of comfort me to know that if I narrow my focus from the big picture to my immediate present, I can still find pockets of normal. Other than that observation, it feels […]
Twitter Hack—My Case In Point Exactly
I’m old enough to remember when Twitter was a social media platform mostly for teens and celebrities. In the last few years it has become one of the most immediate sources for news and views from around the world. Yesterday several of the most followed Twitter accounts were hacked and a ballsy bitcoin scam was […]
New Security Training and Mock Exploit Emails From Aptica
The Director of the FBI has been warning recently of increases in cyber attacks on the USA. At Aptica, we have also seen an uptick in the kind of hacking and phishing that goes on constantly with small businesses and ordinary people. With everything that is going on in the world presently, we believe that […]
At the Midpoint of 2020—Which One Are You?
We are at the midpoint of the year 2020, and what a dizzying six months it has been. The end of every business quarter always seems like a logical time to take a breath and evaluate. Halfway through a year, like now, seems an even more important checkpoint. Yes, the year is half-gone, but there […]
Tough Conversations About Business Recovery
We are in a recession and we need to have some tough conversations about business recovery. Economists are saying it is the most significant recession since World War II, and this recession is different from anything the US has experienced before. Unlike previous downturns, this recession was not brought on by monetary policies, or oil […]
What Have We Learned So Far?
May was another month that lasted about four years, it seemed. But I can also say that some good things happened. Aptica had sent everyone in our office to work from home, as was advised, but about the middle of the month we were able to reopen our common workspace. What have we learned so […]
Our New Hybrid Approach To The New Work Structure
Slowly and necessarily, things are changing. There is so much speculation now about what the “new normal” will be. Our innate resilience is bringing some good new insight into how we can both stay safe and still get on with our lives. I see a promising new hybrid approach to the work structure we so […]
Important: Home Router Security Information
As we face some unprecedented times with COVID-19, Aptica is becoming increasingly aware of some of our clients having their employees work from home. We understand that for many of our clients, this is a temporary situation that will hopefully end once we can resume working at our offices. For some, however, there may be […]
Pivot To Offense—You Have to Score To Win
Business is a lot like football. To stay in the game, you need to be able to play both defense and offense. And while having a great defense might keep you in the running for the playoffs, I don’t believe a great defense ever wins the Super Bowl. So here we are with our businesses […]
Some Thoughts About “This Moment”
As the long month of April slowly gives way to what could be the long month of May, I’ve been assessing how things are going in my local business economies. I hear people asking, “How long can we keep doing this?” Then we look at our parents and our children and we think to ourselves […]