Im Not an IT Guy

Boadil Jones
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This podcast is for those who have problems dealing with technology and moreover those who are struggling dealing with IT people. Our mission is to be the middle man between tech gurus and common users, managers, even HHRR, can learn how IT people think and communicate, if they feel appreatiated and valued. We will show you how to using common sense you can fix some simple daily technical problems or at least how to avoid them.

Episodes

  1. Im Not an IT Guy #05 Dangers of Overlooking Advanced Installation

    07/21/2020

    Im Not an IT Guy #05 Dangers of Overlooking Advanced Installation

    When installing free software and even licensed ones, we need to be careful and READ the small letters and follow this ignored checkbox with the sign "Advanced Installation" or "Advanced Setup". Behind that check, there's an unconscious consent of installing many other "tools" meant to "help us", in the best cases that's true, at least during the trial period, but the other scenario you computer can be the target of many dangerous Softwares harming not just your computer but your privacy.

    7 min
  2. Im Not An IT Guy #04 Works on My Machine

    07/14/2020

    Im Not An IT Guy #04 Works on My Machine

    Technology can trick us in many ways. From savvy IT people and common users as well. When the user has a problem and IT cant replicate it a conflict arises and both parts need to do their best to find the problem as a team. In this episode find out how to handle this situation and work towards the solution.

    10 min
  3. Im Not An IT Guy #03 When Getting Creative Goes Wrong

    07/06/2020

    Im Not An IT Guy #03 When Getting Creative Goes Wrong

    When a user adds a last-minute requirement for a project and the developer decides to enhance that requirement, the combination of these two factors can be uncertain. Users will love your enhancement for sure unless it crashes during testing. Is very annoying to fix an un-requested feature creating an unnecessary problem to yourself.

    12 min
  4. Im Not an It Guy #02-Talking Dirty

    06/26/2020

    Im Not an It Guy #02-Talking Dirty

    How to talk to have  a better support from IT or any other technical support. Saying: I have an error, i don't know what happened,the system is not working are too generic and none informative sentences. On this episode will be talking about how to talk to your IT guy.

    7 min
  5. I'm Not an IT Guy #01 - To Click or double click, that's the question..

    06/13/2020

    I'm Not an IT Guy #01 - To Click or double click, that's the question..

    Knowing the difference between these two actions can save you time as well as the IT guy. No technical experience required, just some common sense. The more you learn will makes you a better user.

    5 min
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This podcast is for those who have problems dealing with technology and moreover those who are struggling dealing with IT people. Our mission is to be the middle man between tech gurus and common users, managers, even HHRR, can learn how IT people think and communicate, if they feel appreatiated and valued. We will show you how to using common sense you can fix some simple daily technical problems or at least how to avoid them.

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    Boadil Jones
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