It is a well known fact when you buy a printer, you don’t truly pay for its cost up front. You will pay for it later when you buy the ink cartridges. This week, a friend and entrepreneur expressed how their printer only cost $20 and it would be cheaper for them to simply buy [...]

Even if you do not have your very own podcast (I don’t), telephone interviews make great content for your web site. You can further re-purpose it to be added into products or member exclusive downloads. Thankfully recording telephone interviews today is a whole lot easier than it used to be. There’s often little expensive [...]

I was reading about a small business owner who made a no gadgets rule during company meetings. It stemmed from the fact that people get too distracted with their phones while in the meeting and not paying attention. This resulted in multiple follow up meetings and managers having to repeat the information.
I may have [...]

Have you seen the prices of new computers? Some of them are really low, it’s quite tempting to have them around as backups or retire your older one as a ’server’. The one problem is, most of the computers with low prices do not come with a monitor or keyboard or mouse for that matter. [...]

Preparing your home is one way to make sure you don’t lose energy out of little cracks here and there. But you should also know there are tons of little power suckers in your home office (and beyond). If you’d like to slash your electric bill, try some of these.

Unplug that cell phone charger when [...]

When you get a new computer, what do you do with your old one? Some of you use it as a secondary unit. Others may give it away or hand it down to the kids. But if you still have your old computer sitting there and not doing anything, did you know you can take [...]

Two weeks ago, the mouse on one of my computers quit working. It is a USB mouse and I used a KVM switch – it’s a little gadget that allows me to share the monitor, keyboard and mouse with two or more computers. It wasn’t the switch – my keyboard still worked and both mouse, [...]

Moms are lot easier to shop for than dads. At least that’s true for me. My dad was a career civil servant but he did try to start his own business once. It was always difficult to shop for him because he’s a simple guy and never wanted much. If your dad or better half [...]

While watching TV the other day, I saw a commercial from Nationwide Insurance about their new iPhone app. Nationwide customers who own an iPhone can use this app to help them file their claims. It will take a photo of the accident, help you get the other party’s insurance information record the GPS location of [...]

These days, when you buy an electronic item or computer you will likely be asked that question. It’s like the tech version of “Would you like fries with that?”
It depends what I’m buying. When purchasing any computer related – monitor, computer, laptop or any accessories I usually decline because the moment my computer leaves the [...]