April 29 Tech Tip - Military Power Point Less

Hi All!

Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy.

Today's tip could not be invented.

Coming from Tuesday's New York Times, the following phrases were extracted to describe  military PowerPoint presentations:

“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,”

“PowerPoint makes us stupid,”

“I have to make a storyboard complete with digital pictures, diagrams and text summaries on just about anything that happens,”

“death by PowerPoint,”

“just agony,”

And my favorite. . .

“hypnotizing chickens.”

If you'd rather hit your thumb with a hammer than watch that co-worker's PowerPoint, send them to me, Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy. Number 7 on your list.

April 22 Tech Tip - Don't Lose Your OiPhone

Hello All!

I'm Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy.

Today's tip is really just common sense.

If you go drinking after work, and  show off your new cell phone, don't leave it behind.

Especially - as reported in The New York Times - if you're a technician working on the prototype of the next generation iPhone.

Yes it's true, the ninny left it at a bar in Redwood City and now photos are all over the internet.

If you know a small business looking for a designated driver for their technology, please send them to me, Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy, number 7 on your list.

Oh and Rich, Julie, I may have a lead for you on a not-so-hot-shot technician looking for work.

April 1 Tech Tip - Oi mail

Hello All!

I'm Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy.

Today's tip is for those getting frustrated with email.

As of yesterday, anyone with an ATT Worldnet email address was shut down because ATT turned off the Worldnet email server.

Dumping ATT and getting a Gmail or Yahoo account will allow you to keep that email address - something like budlyapi@gmail.com - forever.

Then you can switch internet providers whenever you get tired of giving that irritating organization your money every month.

If you know a small business owner getting overwhelmed with email, please send them to me. . .

Budly, your BNI Tech Guy.

Number 7 on that roster you deleted from your inbox.

March 25 Tech Tip - TCO

Hello All!

I'm Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy.

Today's tip is about TCO.

Total Cost of Ownership.

So the machine was a bargain at $79.95.

Then it took you 5 hours to make it work.

What's your time worth?

If you know a small business spending more focused on maintaining their technology than making sales, please send them to me. . .

Budly, your BNI Tech Guy.

Number 7 on that computer generated membership roster.

March 11 Tech Tip - Readability

Hi All -

I'm Budly, your BNI Tech Guy.

Today's tip is for people who do a lot of reading from web sites that look like this:

and would prefer a web page that looks like this:

Readability is a free web browser add-on that makes reading from the web much easier.

The link is on my blog - budlybni.blogspot.com.

And if you want to get in good with a friend who wears eyeglasses and needs computer help, send them to me. . .

Budly, your BNI Tech Guy. Number 7 on your hit parade.

February 25 - Tech Fashion

Good Morning!

It's nice to see you all.

I'm Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy with today's tip for the technologically fashion conscious.

According to The New York Times, there are now papparazzi web sites

• http://infdaily.com/
• http://www.celebstyle.com/
• http://justjared.buzznet.com/

where you can click on the photo of your favorite celebrity and find out what designer clothes they're wearing.

The URL's are on my blog, http://budlybni.blogspot.com.

That's how I get my, "You're a peon." styling.

And if you know a small business that would prefer it's employees get work done and not check fashion trends on the web, please send them to me, Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy.

January 28 Tech Tip - Backup

Good Morning All!

I'm Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy.

Today's tip is a show and tell:

This is a backup:

 

This is a backup:

This is a backup:

 

. . . and yes, this is also a backup:

 

There  are 2 kinds of people in the world:

Those who back-up. . .

and those who will.

And always remember. . .

The more you can store, the more you can lose.

If you need help, I'm Bud Freund, your BNI Tech Guy. 

Number 9, number 9, number 9.