I have had the pleasure of working with a variety of small businesses from startups to well established organizations. From website design to computer tune-ups and IT consulting, I get to see a good variety of approaches to implementing technology into their business. Through working with these clients and being a small business myself, I think I have come up with a list of … [Read more...]

The year 2012 ends today and it's been another heck of a year. To wrap up the year, I am reflecting on the top articles like last year. 404 Tech Support enjoyed well over half a million pageviews in 2012. I'm hoping visitors found the answers to their questions and may have even subscribed to the RSS feed or returned for future articles. In 2012, we published 376 articles. … [Read more...]

While some were overjoyed to just wake up today, others are cautiously awaiting midnight to breathe a sigh of relief that the end of the world according to the Mayan calendar has not yet come. We survived Y2K and 12-21-12. The next day you can start worrying about includes an exact time. January 19th, 2038 at 03:14:08 UTC will mark the roll-over of the Unix time clock. This is … [Read more...]

One trend in technology lately has been to embrace a minimalistic user interface. This has entailed using a lot more icons and a lot less text. I can agree that this approach isn't all bad. You are able to fit more on a screen and with smaller devices you are able to make the buttons bigger for an easier touch interface. In many instances, the context can explain what an icon … [Read more...]