The Digital Minimalist 
I’ve been in the IT game for nearly 20 years. Between the last two organizations that I worked for, I helped bring nearly 7,000 servers into compliance for security standards across eight countries. So you’d think that all that experience would make home security easy. Sure, I had the basics in place. However, it wasn’t … Read more
Last Update: Oct. 6, 2026 Digital minimalism and protecting your digital privacy go hand in hand. So many people are just focused on reducing their screen time when it comes to digital minimalism, that they forget that without digital privacy you are basically just leaving the door unlocked to your digital life. I want to … Read more
Last Update: Oct. 01, 2026 Raise your hand if you’ve looked into protecting your digital life and come back with a list of 2 dozen different things that you needed to add to your devices to be more secure? I know I have. I’m always appalled when I see these pages recommending everything from antivirus … Read more
Last Update: Sep. 28, 2026 I’ve been working with network segmentation for years. It’s the type of enterprise geek speak that when I mention it, people just kind of tune it out unless they are in the industry. I get it. It sounds like something that you only find in datacenters, hospitals, and server rooms. … Read more
Last Update: September 20, 2026 When I ran through my personal security audit a few months ago, I broke it down into four domains: Devices, Accounts and Credentials, Network Exposure, then finally Data and Backups. Today I want to focus on the Network Exposure domain and specifically the home network security checklist that I personally … Read more
Last Update: Aug. 02, 2026 I’m going to come across as slightly judgmental here, but if you are like most people, you probably really need to organize your desktop. Visual clutter on my desktop drives me up the wall, so when I see a desktop covered in icons, it gives me anxiety. So many people … Read more
Last Update: July 1, 2026 I remember back when I first got a cell phone. This was back before the days of the iPhone, so nobody really thought about mindful phone use because my phone made phone calls. If I wanted to pay 10 cents per text message, I could send text messages using T9. … Read more
Last Updated: June 13, 2026 If you want to break your phone addiction, start with building a minimalist home screen. Your home screen is the first thing that you seen when you unlock your phone and for many of us, it’s the first step down the rabbit hole of distractions that keeps us sucked into … Read more
Last Updated: June 8, 2026 A smartphone declutter is one of the most impactful steps you can take in your digital minimalism journey. It simplifies your daily life and cuts through the noise of a busy digital life. The phone has become one of the most common things you see every single day. We all … Read more
Last Updated: June 8, 2026 A digital reset is very similar to physically decluttering your life. For those who know me, they will tell you that decluttering is one of my favorite things to do. There is something cathartic about getting rid of things and freeing up that space in your world both physically and … Read more