Guy McDowell has been cited in scholarly articles, nominated for a columnist award, and is read by thousands every day. A former RCAF and college instructor, Guy is driven to help everyone discover that they are masters of technology. You just don’t know it yet.
His journey through technology always starts with two questions – “Why?” and “How?”. It has served him well through decades of taking apart, and sometimes fixing, things like: radios, computers, phones, houses from three different centuries, power tools, small engines, large aircraft, satellite systems, alternative energy systems, oil and gas production systems, and his own brain.
Guy always fixed the aircraft, mostly fixed the other things, and is still working on his brain. Join Guy as he weaves together technical writing, prose, and humour on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and www.guymcdowell.com.
Who doesn’t wish they could be a wizard and utter a few words to have magical things happen? Well, we’re not able to show you how to be a wizard, but we can show you how to do a little computer magic. If you’ve got a Windows computer with Windows 7 on it, you’ve got […]
Before we begin, understand that this article also addresses operating systems (OS), specifically Windows, but the principles could apply to any software, app, or OS. When you hear or get notification that your software is nearing End of Life (EOL), it’s a bit disconcerting. It sounds so final, as though your software is just going […]
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So many programs are going from being something you install on your computer to being a web app that you run in a browser. It’s a move that’s brought on by more and more of the world having access to high-speed Internet service in excess of 10Mbps. Another contributing factor is that server-based power is […]
