November 28, 2013
I never thought shopping for the holidays would be controversial and political, but it seems this year everyone has an opinion on whether stores should open on Thanksgiving and when shopping should begin. I’m spending the day with family and I generally avoid shopping Black Friday, but that being said I’m always one to join […]
Tags: black friday, cyber monday, small business saturday
Posted in Business, Uncategorized
November 26, 2013
As I wrote last week, I’m participating in a special Intel program to where they allow people to experience their tablets. My Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 wasn’t compatible with two key apps I use: Google Helpouts and Lynda.com. The gracious folks at Intel investigated the problem and confirmed that a Dell Venue 8” worked […]
Tags: #inteltablets, android, dell venue
Posted in Commentary, Social Media
November 24, 2013
I’ve blogged about Groupon and other social coupons before and how the business sponsoring a social coupon only gets a percent of the money. For example for a $100 coupon, you might pay $50 and the actual business sometimes gets less than $25. What if you could have your (cup)cake and eat it too? Get […]
Tags: groupon, lawrence deals, small business
Posted in Business, Commentary
November 19, 2013
As part of a special promotion by Intel I received a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 “ 16 GB wifi with an Intel processor last week. While I’m primarily an Apple guy, I remain open minded to all things, and would you believe I had on order a Nexus 7 at the time I got […]
Tags: #inteltablets, android, galaxy 3, google helpouts, Samsung
Posted in Tips
November 17, 2013
In the latest installment of “Why we hate the cable company and some unethical practices”, these recent articles I read underscore the importance of being wary of who you let in your home and what the cable company might try to upsell you While you should always be careful of who you let in your […]
Tags: AT&T, centurylink, comcast, contracts, cox, mediacom, support, TImewarner
Posted in Business, Tips
November 10, 2013
If you haven’t heard, Google announced an exciting new program called Helpouts. I’m honored to have been selected as one of the first providers in the program. This http://lifehacker.com/15-free-google-helpouts-to-get-expert-tips-for-your-eve-1459743988e has a great introduction to some of the providers out there. I’m excited to help our computer repair clients here in Lawrence as well as Topeka […]
Tags: google helpouts
Posted in Business, Social Media, Tips
November 3, 2013
Although the NSA has given us quite the scare with PRISM and the controversy around it, a less known, but equally important violation of privacy is the fact that the IRS can and has been reading our digital communications as well. This is has nothing to do with terrorism or national security, but is all […]
Tags: IRS, NSA, privacy
Posted in Commentary