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Jeff Elder

Lonesome together

I’m eatin’ a Moon Pie

2 min readApr 19, 2023

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Lonesome together

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Jeff Elder

Remote work, sex and back to the office

When I set out to write about remote workers and sex, I wasn’t sure what I would learn. Researchers at Kinsey and the University of North…

2 min readMay 15, 2022

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Remote work, sex and back to the office

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Jeff Elder

Obituary for Rob Elder, editorial page editor of The San Jose Mercury News and well-known member…

Robert Laurie Elder (June 23, 1938 — December 27, 2020), the longtime editorial page editor of The San Jose Mercury News and a well-known…

4 min readDec 28, 2020

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Obituary for Rob Elder, editorial page editor of The San Jose Mercury News and well-known member…

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Jeff Elder

Adversarial algorithms — when the brawny brains of cybersecurity’s fight clubs slug it out in a…

In movies like “Transformers” and “Terminator 2,” good robots fight bad robots with the fate of humanity hanging in the balance. The drama…

3 min readDec 21, 2019

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Adversarial algorithms — when the brawny brains of cybersecurity’s fight clubs slug it out in a…

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Jeff Elder

When AI meets romance fraud, the man or woman of your dreams is an apparition that steals more…

Deepfakes who resemble exes or one night stands may be the leading men and ladies in the next level of crimes of the heart

2 min readDec 21, 2019

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When AI meets romance fraud, the man or woman of your dreams is an apparition that steals more…

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Jeff Elder

Why is it so hard to commit to a digital media strategy?

A decade ago, many companies plunged into digital media without a strategy. Figuring they needed to get in the game, they entrusted their…

2 min readOct 21, 2019

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Why is it so hard to commit to a digital media strategy?

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Jeff Elder

Meetings and emails aren’t work – in fact, they often get in the way of work

You glance at your work calendar — oh no, you have to go be a hostage in a meeting for an hour. On your way to the meeting a new email…

3 min readOct 9, 2019

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Meetings and emails aren’t work – in fact, they often get in the way of work

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Jeff Elder

The day it rained

When I was in 8th grade, California was in a bone-dry drought. We took quick showers. Lawns died. Cars wore coats of dirt.

1 min readMay 6, 2019

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The day it rained

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Jeff Elder

5 Ways Good Companies Screw Up Digital Media

It’s been a good decade since many companies jumped into blogging, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and later Instagram. Yet fundamental and…

3 min readFeb 17, 2019

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5 Ways Good Companies Screw Up Digital Media

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Jeff Elder

I am your colleague who doesn’t drink

I may have been sober for double-digit years. Or I may have been drunk yesterday.

4 min readNov 10, 2018

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I am your colleague who doesn’t drink

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Jeff Elder

Jeff Elder

Former WSJ reporter and syndicated columnist now writing crypto and cybersecurity. The Paris Review praised my Johnny Cash post.

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