Here’s how Apple’s Chief Tim Cook responded to a question from analysts about how Apple would be different without Steve Jobs should he not return from his medical leave of absence in 2009: “We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products, and that’s not changing,” Cook declared. “We believe in the simple not the complex…We believe in saying no to thousands of products, so that we can really
Hello again and thanks for being our customer. We’re very excited to tell you of an upcoming enhancement to our user support process. Here are the basics. As of Monday April 9, the emails you get in response to tickets submitted will look and feel different. Don’t worry. We’re using a far more powerful but far simpler system to drive our support. It’s called Desk.com. You will still use support@pccentral.us if you’d like to submit
pc Central and Principal Financial have partnered to put together a great FREE Lunch and Learn this Friday – March 30 at 1130 at Principal Financial in West Des Moines. TOPIC: Hire & Retain the Best! Top 5 Strategies to Win the Talent Wars WHERE: 6701 Westown Pkwy, #200, WDM WHEN: 1130a-1p Register for the Lunch and Learn and get more information here
Gartner has made a prediction that the “personal cloud will replace the PC as the center of our digital lives by 2014.” The article discusses the shift to the broader consumer driven devices that fuel our digital lives. Isn’t it amazing that within a few years, Blackberry lost its “yeah but we’re the BFF of IT departments” argument and became yesterday’s news as iPhones were PUSHED into corporate America by the millions who said, “These
The New iPad. It might have enough to make a convert of an Android user First, I have to say that this really is me. Those who know me will doubt this when they read what I am about to type next… At 11pm on March 15th, I was one of the crazies waiting in line at Wally World for a New iPad! Yes, I am the guy who has a rooted Nook Color, Android phone(s), just
I read a book quite a few years ago called, “The Paradox of Excellence.” Let me summarize: When you get good what what you do and generally perform well – people will give your poor marks for performance on surveys and won’t tell people about you. I always talk about the electric company. If they do their job, they disappear in your mind. But ONE incident for even say 15 minutes of no juice 2x
There are some amazing people at Principal Financial. More specifically, we have 2 of them in our backyard. Brent Williams and Kendall Kruger are movers and shakers who are connecting business owners with solutions. I was having coffee with Kendall one day and he says, “Did you know that Principal does business valuations for business owners at no cost?”After I picked my jaw up off the ground we continued our conversation and the result is
While looking at our support desk call history, we have noticed three areas that could use a little helpful discussion. A little information in these areas can help you be more efficient and minimize some minor annoyances that we hear about. These are general areas that apply to most all computer users, pcCentral or not. TGINF – Thank goodness its NOT Friday… for Passwords Please do not change your password on Friday. You will get
Wow is all I can say. I am testing the Verizon 4G hot spot and I’m getting amazing speeds. Would you be willing to pay $50/mo or so to have blazing fast Internet in case your small company Internet went down? You’ll probably be disappointed when you hop back on your “real connection.” This is what I’d call cheap insurance. I know it’s not practical in rural areas and these will only allow 5 users
I thought I’d share something that is quite challenging for us at pcC. Cell phones. Here’s a non-technical look at why the latest and greatest smartphones can give us fits. We’re working toward better advanced notice and the ability to play around with these phones as they’re launched but here’s the idea. A droid is not a droid is not a droid – Google Android, the operating system that drives so many phones is different
