It looks real, but it’s fake. The latest phishing scheme was hatched this morning and I was included. Immediately I went and changed my personal and business account passwords. But NOT through the link in the email. That may be obvious to most. But watch out. How Do You Know? 1 – Look at the […]
Don’t Use The Same Password Everywhere For The Umpteenth Time
Why? Because a service called Clouldflare behind some very popular sites and many, many others leaked username and password data onto the web. That’s a very plain explanation. #cloudbleed “Between 2016-09-22 – 2017-02-18 session tokens, passwords, private messages, API keys, and other sensitive data were leaked by Cloudflare to random requesters. Data was cached by […]
Zero Site Hacks To Date
Attacks on WordPress Sites Intensify as Hackers Deface Over 1.5 Million Pages Read the full article here » It’s moments like these I get a few calls from past clients in a crisis because their site has been hacked. By past clients, I mean clients who decided to host the site themselves and not actively […]
Mythbusting The Current State of Google+
Recently I had a pair of client conversations where they mentioned that a ‘social media expert’ said Google+ is “it” and my clients should put all their eggs in that basket. I responded, ‘Really?’ I doubted everything I read in the last year about the unacknowledged downfall of Google+ because some expert said something different. […]
cyber monday / business tax expense sale
cyber monday website sale, you say?? That’s right. babaLucas Creative is having a Cyber Monday / Year-End Business Expense Tax Sale on the entire inventory! has your accountant said you need more deductible business expenses for the 2014 tax year? either spend it or lose it to taxation? how about using those dollars to update […]
Add Voiceovers To Offering?
This week our client Realty One Group BMC published a couple of agent recruiting videos featuring our Founder and Chief Creative Catalyst, Rob Balucas. Not too shabby!
expect more laptops at starbucks PSA
Being a intentionally 100% remote office operation, our business at babaLucas is highly sensitive to internet connectivity. In my neighborhood, I know exactly where to go when I need a break from the home office. For years, I’ve been a Starbucks hater & AT&T hater. AT&T hater because telephone copper wire-based internet just physically cannot […]
creative use of everything
I have a café client who we assist with their IT at times. I used to manage a small IT firm in a previous life and often help out friends and clients with their internet & hardware. Especially when it’s convenient to me, insuring that my favorite cafés have speedy wifi…which you CANNOT get from […]
pink is the new blue
I agree, I agree: blue is overused as a sign of trust, dependability, and strength as a corporate brand. But pink? Hmmmm… Don’t get me wrong. I’m not afraid of pink or wearing pink. I once got a bunch of old school IT technicians to follow a pink polo Friday. However, the new trend in […]
easy video blogging
How easy is to video blog? Turn on your iPhone and video yourself. I was lucky enough to have Troy Dean ( @troydean ) of WP Elevation in town and out for a beer. He was open to be my guest and we just framed up a basic subject and went for it in 3 […]
no but paypal, you’re NOT simple
First, for my clients, here’s 2 steps to make sure you can use a credit card without using a PayPal account: – 1 – On the first page, go to the link underneath the PayPal login: – 2 – On the information screen, make sure to uncheck the box about creating a PayPal account: There […]
rob’s birthday wish – thank you
Eve and I got together yesterday to work out transfer of data to her new 14″ Dell XPS laptop! We filmed a quick video thank you to everyone. She takes off back to Cal Poly Pomona this Tuesday. I’ll say it over and over again: I’m incredibly thankful to all of you who contributed. […]