by Terry McAdams | Oct 27, 2022 | Internet, iPhone, Tip
We sometimes works with a clients who are concerned they are paying too much for their internet or cellular service. Internet service providers (ISPs) and cellular carriers occasionally adjust their service plans to account for new technologies, economies of scale,...
by Terry McAdams | Jun 23, 2022 | Internet, Mac, troubleshooting
Back in the early 1980s, DOS filenames couldn’t be more than 8 characters long with a period and a 3-character extension. That was limiting, so when Apple developed the Mac operating system in 1984, it allowed longer names and eliminated the need for an extension,...
by Terry McAdams | Feb 24, 2022 | How-To, Internet, troubleshooting
As pandemic-related restrictions ebb and flow, many people continue to work from home at least some of the time. A key requirement for successful remote work is a fast, solid Internet connection. Unfortunately, it’s all too common for Internet connections to degrade...
by Terry McAdams | Nov 1, 2021 | Internet, productivity
Remember the heady dotcom days, when businesses were desperate to get a short, memorable, easily typed .com domain? It quickly became difficult to get what you wanted—so much so that deep-pocketed companies paid exorbitant sums for just the right domain. Before we go...
by Terry McAdams | Jul 2, 2020 | Internet, troubleshooting, Wi-Fi
The pandemic has forced large numbers of those who are still employed—nearly half the American workforce, by some estimates—to work from home. And while that has actually improved productivity for many people, partly due to eliminating time-consuming commutes, remote...
by Terry McAdams | May 1, 2020 | Email, Internet, Tip
When you’re writing a blog post or email newsletter, you’ll eventually hit the question of how to capitalize words in a title. There is no one right way, but just as with poor spelling and grammar, randomly capitalized titles can reduce reader trust in your knowledge,...
