Notes from the field: The Feds are all over our personal information, “but when it comes to data generated by and for the White House, privacy and secrecy are the watchwords.” Data rights and wrongs. Think White House attorney Scott Bloch, who called in Geeks on Call when a virus was destroying the files on his PC but, it appears, before letting them loose copied personal files to a thumb drive and now refuses to turn those over to investigators. “What’s ironic is that Bloch’s investigation ties directly into a bunch of other data discrepancies – including how the White House ‘misplaced’ 5 million emails when it upgraded from Notes to Outlook, and the use of non-official email addresses to either a) avoid Federal record keeping laws, or b) avoid violating the Hatch Act, depending on whose story you believe.” Oh yes, and the plot keeps getting thicker. App dev: Microsoft’s Volta, just posted as a technology preview, is a new methodology for creating Web applications. “Instead of deciding on your architecture at the beginning, building the tiers and tying them together, you start by building a .NET client application, then designate components to run on the server and client tiers later in the cycle, and let the tool generate the plumbing for you,” Martin Heller explains in Volta: Web development by tier-splitting. “The tag line is ‘Web development using only the materials in the room.’ Why do I keep looking around for Heidi Klum?” Related news: Microsoft offers Volta preview for Web apps development.Careers: Don’t interview. That’s Nick Corcodilos’ advice for employment-seekers. “Job interviewing is so over-defined an activity that it’s a joke,” he writes. “Don’t interview. Talk about your work. Heck, do the job in your meeting. Anything but a dopey job interview.” Instead, he recommends, come up with a new model. “You’ve gotta be free to tell stories about the work you do without notes, and you’ve gotta focus on your audience — not on your resume. Don’t interview. Entertain from the heart.” Security