I don’t know anyone who isn’t caught up in the holiday spirit by now. Getting together with family and exchanging gifts certainly is one of the highlights most of us enjoy. From our team at Nerds On Site, here are some techtips you may enjoy or find useful and add to your office or home enjoyment.
DetailsIs not everyone together this Christmas? Do you have broadband at both locations? One of these three ways of video-chatting may just bring you a little closer these holidays.
DetailsRADIO & other invisible SIGNALS You hear that? (radio playing in the background) That’s NPR. I know there are lots of podcasts I listen to, as many of you do. I would recommend wholeheartedly you do, if you drive 12,000km a year – which is not very far – it’s about 8,000 miles – but…
DetailsSometimes we start doing work for a business because they contact us looking to resolve issues that they are having. As we are performing the work, we notice other problems, and offer to resolve those as well. At which point we introduce our 3 N’s business model in hopes of proving pro-active support and preventative…
DetailsMost of us have a couple of these (digits), and for many people their strongest digit of the five is their thumb. We’ve got studies that show that as strong as you thumb may be, your palm – your whole fist – is 40 times stronger than your strongest digit. 40 times stronger! So that’s 8 times five – 5 digits – 8 times the individual strength of each, together.
When it comes to the last little while, I spent some time in San Diego at a convention, and just finished up a board meeting a minute ago. The power of people working together is so much, SO MUCH more impressive, so much more overwhelming than individuals doing excellent work on their own.
A common phrase is ‘nice guys finish last’. Too many people think they need to be ruthless to get ahead, but a recent study by Harvard dispels that theory and shows that being ‘nice’ and ‘generous’ can help you get ahead.
DetailsOur Nerds On Site Lethbridge Team will be holding a Fill the Beetle to Feed the People event in Lethbridge, Alberta on December 10. The Lethbridge SuperStore is once again offering space to host this event, and we hope to see a large number of people turn out.
DetailsOur Ottawa Team Leader, Wes Schnob, will be playing Santa this Saturday! Wes will be at the Sippy Cup Cafe on March Road from 10am to 1pm, so come and see him!
DetailsWe’ve all heard the expression, “The world is my oyster”. Well, if you’re an SME (small & medium enterpriser) – the bedrock foundation of the enterprise world – do you know what that means? It means odds are that there are 70 million prospects out there. Just for you… 70 million other SMEs. Folks who…
DetailsThere has been no shortage of coverage on the discovery of Carrier IQ’s software being present in 140 million+ handsets. Engadget has a great article that’s been kept up-to-date with developments, but we thought it was worthwhile to summarize our thoughts and comments driven by what our clients want and need to know.
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