Monthly Archives: January 2017

Nearby Nerds 1

To us, what we’re looking for are technology consultants who:- (1) Have an ordinary email address really available – not one of those dreadful email forms. (2) Have set out very clearly somewhere that we can easily access details of … Continue reading

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TeamViewer 1

A few years ago, we used to work with a technology consultant who used TeamViewer – with it he could access our screens as easily as he could access his own, which made it much easier for him to help … Continue reading

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Techsaga India

On 7 Jan 2017 we got this letter by email from a “Kavya,” purportedly an executive at Techsaga, a technology company based in India:- When we say he, (or she,) was/is from this company, the only indication that this might be so is … Continue reading

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We have a dream 2

As we keep saying, we have a dream of a world in which whenever a problem or a question related to our work and personal lives arises for us, there’s an ordinary email address or email addresses we can use … Continue reading

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Product Support 1

When we had problems with one of their printers recently, we found the support from Brother really good (email address – productsupport@brother.com.au,) – much much better than the support from Canon, (email address – cctechsupport@canon.com.au,) when we recently had problems … Continue reading

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The issue of trust 2

There are three categories of people and organisations when it comes to sending them letters by email and corresponding with them generally. Category (1) Those who have an ordinary email address readily available. Category (2) Those who only have an … Continue reading

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The issue of trust 1

We’re always saying, “The secret to success in our personal and work lives is to surround ourselves with the best information and the best experts.” After reading a couple of articles on “trust” lately, we’re now saying, “The secret to success … Continue reading

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MacKeeper 1

MacKeeper claims to be wonderful – to “clean up” your Mac and make it faster, etc. etc. etc. We haven’t been getting MacKeeper ads for a long time, but now we seem to be being flooded with them. We have … Continue reading

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Sending Emails to Fax Numbers 2

Further to this post, we’ve put together a guide which we introduce as “How to send an email to a fax number i.e. dealing with people and organisation who don’t have an ordinary email address when you don’t have a … Continue reading

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Our “keeping up with technology” diary 1

An email recently received from one of our readers:- We’re always talking about this sort of thing – ordinary email addresses we can use to email our questions and problems. And now perhaps one we can use to email our … Continue reading

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