LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook Are 'Write-Only' Venues

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If you have ever sent me a message via LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook and I have not responded, please know that it is not because I elected to ignore your message. Rather, it is because I use those three venues in a 'write-only' manner. My trusty secretary, Melanie, posts the items for me on LinkedIn, and then LinkedIn has a feature where it automatically broadcasts the same message on both Twitter and Facebook. So, I typically do not see or read messages from social media users.

If you want to contact me for any reason, please send an e-mail to kmblatt83@aol.com. I always respond to e-mails from legitimate senders; i.e., those not from the widows of Algerian princes or from Chinese aluminum window blind manufacturers.

Thanks for visiting.

Ha, just as I was about to post this item to the website, the following example of an illegitimate e-mail appeared in my inbox:

"Dearest One How is everything? I know it's all good. Thank God. I am excited to be writing you today. My name is Chantal Diarrah, a Cote D' Ivoire. Presently I am residing here in Burkina Faso , as a result of the civil war which took place in my country. I am a 22 year old girl, about 5'10" tall. By the grace of God I made my way to a nearby country Burkina Faso where I 'm presently living in a refugee camp. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes, your hobbies and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail, I hope you wouldn't mind. I am waiting for your reply! Much Love, Chantal " (Yahoo! e-mail normally filters this crap out, but occasionally one gets through.)

Posted on March 6, 2015

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RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...