Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

A recent meeting at the end of 2023 So it goes.... Cleaning up the gmail account contacts - etc.  New direction for 2024 stuff to come.  Instagram, Facebook and Substack to come this year. Cole's Notes Blog address: colecoop.blogspot.com Facebook facebook.com/colecoop Instagram  https://www.threads.net/@thesundayjournalist And of course www.twitter.com/colecoop

I am bringing an issue to your attention that has been causing confusion lately. My name is quite common and shared by many people worldwide. While it's always interesting to see how many other Cole Coopers are out there, it can also lead to confusion. The primary issue is that my Gmail address, colecoop@gmail.com, has become a catch-all for people trying to contact other Cole Coopers. When someone with a similar name gives out a slightly different email address, sometimes that email ends up in my inbox instead. This can frustrate me and the person trying to reach their intended recipient. Sadly, this also means I can only sometimes respond to emails as quickly as I'd like. I receive many misaddressed emails, and it can take some time to sort through them all and ensure I'm responding to the right person. However, I'm committed to doing my best to reply to every email quickly. To help alleviate this issue, please re-address all emails to my new email address associat...

 Substack and Cole's Notes Something is coming... It was once said that regarding the press, you should never fight with a man who buys ink by the barrel.  Today, that would be:  never pick a fight with someone with a Substack. Subscribe to me on Substack: https://substack.com/@colemanmarkcooper?utm_source=edit-profile-page  There is not anything there at the moment - I'm busily hooking up my Social media accounts and working on building my audience - so this is just a heads up that I'm updating things this fall and adding in new content as I update this blog and the other social media sites. Why am I doing this? Well, the comic strip Shoe has it, ideally. So, I'm looking at various income sources from my writing.  Substack is one.  So what is Substack? Substack is a platform that provides publishing, payment, analytics, and design infrastructure to support subscription newsletters. It allows writers to send digital newsletters directly to subscribers. This...

 The Challenges of Having a Common Name on Gmail Hey there, As an early adopter of Google email beta, I was among the first users to sign up for a Gmail account. At the time, I had a Hotmail address and a Shaw@home address, but I ended up with my name in Gmail:  cole.cooper@gmail.com . With this account, I set up my blog, Google+ services, and Google Plus page. Back in 2004, there were few Cole Coopers on the internet, so it was a fairly uncommon name. However, more people with the same name have emerged over time, including a football player on Twitter, a Marvel character at the Daily Bugle, Facebook pages, and even a colecooper.com website. While I don't mind sharing my name with others, having a common name like this causes issues with Gmail. When companies take down email addresses for multiple people with the same name, they often get it wrong. Since I was the first Cole Cooper on Gmail, any emails sent to  colecooper@gmail.com  come directly to me, even if they...

Dear readers of The Sunday Journalist, I hope this blog post finds you well. It's been a while since I last posted, and I wanted to share with you why that is. As many of you know, there was a recent security breach at LastPass, a popular password manager. The breach was a wake-up call to me and many others who have relied on these services to store our sensitive information. In light of this, I decided to step back from blogging and focus on revamping my security. I looked closely at all my online accounts, from email to social media, and evaluated their privacy and security settings. I used strong, unique passwords for each account and enabled two-factor authentication wherever possible. This involved updating all of my passwords, which was a time-consuming but necessary task. Which I am still working on. In addition to these steps, I also took the time to educate myself on best practices for online security, the dangers of phishing scams, the importance of keeping software up-t...

Dilbert Why are there no new postings on Cole's Notes Well - for the longest time I've been working offline.  It's been a strange year with only my iPhone to post to Facebook and now with 2022 almost done I'm trying to get caught up - HOWEVER - unlike Dilbert I've gotten over 4,500 emails over the email accounts I look after, and working as I do offline - the inboxes are heavily clogged. Plus, my systems have been having hardware problems.  Now that I'm no longer working in a corporate office the IT support guy is me.