http://www.thetechnologypro.com Using Technology To Grow Your Business Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:33:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2010/02/04/mountain-west-ski-day/ As I have said before, I spend a lot of my time fixing problems like printers that don't print and spyware and malware infections. And then I have days like today where everywhere I went I was able to do something that made things just a bit easier for ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/14/and-then-there-are-days-like-this/ I had another geek moment the other day.  I was sitting in my spa looking up at the wasps nest that had been getting bigger every day and thought how cool it would be if I could share this with my friends and the world at large. I ran ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/13/another-geek-moment/ A few years back I met my friend Matt Moran online.  We were both answering questions on a tech forum and started an online conversation that lead to a phone conversation.  We have actually met face to face quite a few times as he lives (lived) not too far from ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/12/on-being-geographically-untethered/ I've written a few posts about Anti-Virus software and the problems with spyware and malware.  Unfortunately, this problem is not going away anytime soon.  My apologies to Saturday Night Live - and to my friends who remember the early days of the show, but: SPYWARE BEEN BERY ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/11/wasting-time-and-money/ I have gotten quite a bit of grief from friends and clients since I posted about not needing anti-virus software any more.  People have been programmed to think they need this software to be safe. I have to admit that for years I was the one doing the programming.  ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/10/protecting-your-computer-without-anti-virus-software/ I made a bold statement in my last blog post that I knew would cause some to become uneasy. I stated that I didn't think that antivirus software was as beneficial as we thought it was and that I had a hard time recommending to my clients that ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/09/i-am-upsetting-the-apple-cart-pun-intended/ I spend a good deal of my time fixing computers that have been infected by spyware/malware.  I don't think I have had to fix a computer that was infected by a virus in quite a while. Way back in the day, twenty something hacks spent all day in their ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/09/do-we-really-need-anti-virus-software/ I am still working on a Twitter strategy for my business.  I post things every so often on Twitter and those posts are published on my Facebook page. I have 56 followers, most of whom I believe are real people.  When I get an email telling me that someone ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/07/its-who-i-follow-on-twitter-that-makes-it-work-for-me/ I wrote a previous post about paying me now to help you prepare for a disaster, or paying me later when the disaster hits. Over the past week I have encountered the System Security 2009 malware/spyware program on 3 systems at 3 different clients.  This rouge software is downloaded ... http://www.thetechnologypro.com/2009/07/06/beware-of-system-security-2009/