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10 Considerations When Selecting SaaS

There has been a SaaS (Software as a Service) component to the solutions I’ve helped to sell for more than a decade now. I’ve gotten to see some of the “gotchas” (often with competitors) where companies get taken advantage of with SaaS solutions. From a professional perspective SaaS has made…

The Metaverse – It Is Coming. I Have No Doubts.

December 31, 2021 High Level Tech Intro No Comments

There has been a lot of news since Mark Zuckerbeg announced Facebook’s Meta’s vision of the Metaverse. Disney, Microsoft, and Roblox (to name a few) are all talking about their plans. And even if Apple is mum on the topic – it is on their radar. I’d going to give…

Gimp, Logos and Transparent Backgrounds

September 30, 2021 High Level Tech Intro No Comments

Note – this article is very much WIP. If you are pasting logos and images onto your slides or website, get familiar with image formats and which ones allow transparent backgrounds. High level summary is that certain formats allow a transparent background. It is quite simple to convert an image…

Firewalls and Modern Business

July 31, 2021 High Level Tech Intro No Comments

I’ve got a good friend that runs a small business. He has one application that is critical to the business, and if it were compromised he fears it could end the company. Having spoken with several computer consulting firms in the area they’ve assured him that modern A/V software is…

One Technology Missing from the Next Place To Be List

June 7, 2021 High Level Tech Intro SE Skills No Comments

Just before the New Year I published a short post about the next technology skills that will be big when it comes to employment. Recently I’m realizing there is one missing that I’d also suggest watching. That technology is Block Chain, or easier to understand by the name of Distributed…

Branding and Your Bot

May 28, 2021 Attitude Conversational AI High Level Tech Intro Message/Chat/Collaboration No Comments

Hungry, hours into a long drive, you scan each off ramp looking for a good place to eat. Think of two fast food logos. One that “will do” and one that “always hits the spot.” How do you feel seeing on the horizon the one that is just okay? How…

Raspberry Pi – Teaching Electronics + Programming in Large Virtual Events Part 2

May 13, 2021 High Level Tech Intro Raspberry Pi Startups Technical Tutorials & Developer Education No Comments

In Part 1 I covered a key overview of the additional items that can be used to do an interactive event where the participants get to work with both electronics and code on a Raspberry Pi. It needed to be firtst since there are so many options and many pitfalls. …

Raspberry Pi – Teaching Electronics + Programming in Large Virtual Events Part 1

April 23, 2021 High Level Tech Intro Raspberry Pi Startups Technical Tutorials & Developer Education No Comments

The Raspberry Pi Foundation was founded in 2009 to teach basic computer science. Inexpensive, standardized and versatile. If you are going to leverage them to teach electronics in a larger setting, especially virtual events, there are some best practices that will reduce friction, allow you to teach larger groups and…

How to Include a Raspberry Pi in a Remote Demo – Part 2

March 20, 2021 High Level Tech Intro Raspberry Pi Technical Tutorials & Developer Education No Comments

A few posts back I had an article on How to Include a Raspberry Pi in a Remote Demo. We just did another virtual event leveraging Raspberry Pis with more than 3 dozen attendees. and I’ve discovered a few more tricks I’d like to share. A minor one was the…

Slackware, Still Very Much Alive

February 28, 2021 High Level Tech Intro No Comments

A recent article at tecmint.com says that there are over 600 Linux distros (distributions). Of those 500 are in active development. If you aren’t familiar, a “distro” is a way of packaging up the Linux kernel with a set of applications. Different ones have evolved with different priorities and methodologies.…

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