We saw where another local IT company, Plus Inc., has a number of their employees involved in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure that will take place in September and thought that was a great idea! In fact, two of us here donated to their goal… See, my wife’s mother is a 15 year breast cancer survivor, so this …
A-Ha! “Take on Me” arranged and performed by Igor Presnyakov
Igor Presnyakov never ceases to amaze me with his incredible talent. Check his YouTube.com channel for more great songs.
An amazing TEDx posting: Eric Whitacre: A choir as big as the internet
Anyone interested in collaborative efforts should go check this out: http://www.ted.com/talks/a_choir_as_big_as_the_internet.html What you will find a collabrative effort on the behalf of 185 people in 12 countries, who participated in a “virtual choir”, sending in clips (245 I believe in total!) to be arranged into one piece that is beautifully done! Overcoming the noise issue of the various submitted clips …
Follow up to earlier post about phone books being a thing of the past
In an early blog post http://www.homelandsecureit.com/blog/2010/03/when-you-need-computer-repair-do-you-search-online-or-use-a-phone-book/ I asked what you do when you need computer service or computer repair in Greenville and received a couple emails and a reply or two in person. Most people agreed with what I said and that is, in the event of needing service, they turn to Google or some other search engine. An article …
Please Vote for Google to Bring High Speed Fiber Internet to Greenville SC – #LuckyGVL #GoogleOnMain
I bet you wish I would just shut up about this Google High Speed Fiber Connectivity thing don’t you? Well I refuse! Please take a moment to vote for Greenville, SC in this poll: Again, even if you are NOT in Greenville, but live in the Upstate, or maybe another town in our region, the entire area would benefit from …
Greenville Google Fiber Movement Still in the Headlines
You would have to be living under a rock to still be in the dark about Google On Main / LuckyGVL (Just Google for #GoogleOnMain, #LuckyGVL, We Are Feeling Lucky, Greenville Google Fiber, etc). You probably already know that a couple thousand people in Greenville SC heard from various means, such as Twitter, Facebook, email, txt message or analog social networking like a …
Happy Easter to our Greenville & Upstate Friends, Family and Computer Service Clients
I wanted to do something silly that would make you laugh, like the pic someone put on Facebook today with chewy little Peep marshmellow candies, set up on a stage, complete with a pole, all dancing, and the caption of “This wasn’t what I had in mind when I heard we were going to a “Peep Show”…” Then I remembered …
Bandwidth Bottlenecks Can Bring Your Business to a Crawl
Ahhhhhhhh! Another frustrating day at work for you? Could it be because everything you wanted to do was slow as molasses? Each website you visited was slower than the last and your business depends on internet hosted applications, or “in the cloud” solutions? If that describes you, chances are good that you are suffering from a bandwidth bottleneck. If you …
Content Filtering Question: Has Social Media Hurt Your Business or Helped?
As I sit here, I am reading a friend’s status on Facebook that says, “well…ugh!!! no more waiting on the mail….got denied my unemployment cuz the state says i had disregard for my employer when i posted on facebook i was loosing my job. ??? SO…ADVICE….NEVER talk about your job, and NEVER have coworkers as friends on facebook!!!!! now, if …
Finding Computer Repair in Greenville and Upstate South Carolina
Yesterday I wrote about how phone books seem to be going the way of the Commodore 64 (relegated to being used as a door stop). Of course as soon as I said that, I got a phone call from a potential client who had gotten our name out of the phone book. First one this year I believe. However, she …