Business

Covert with Zamzar

June 1, 2015

Covert your file formats without shady software. Ever needed to covert a file – perhaps a video file so that you could play it on a different device, or an image to a different format – and had to scour the Internet for programs shadier than that guy with a trench coat in the alley?…

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Web Marketing with Rob Cooper

May 20, 2015

Tired and confused by all of the hype surrounding online marketing? Here are a few tactics and channels that work for companies that embrace them. Bear in mind that these tactics should be part of a larger strategy and different tactics suit different industries, budgets and philosophies. With that caveat out of the way, here…

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Control center on your iPhone

May 19, 2015

To access Control Center on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, just swipe up from the bottom of the screen. This gives you quick access to all kinds of useful features. From Control Center you can: Turn Airplane mode on or off Turn WiFi on or off Turn Bluetooth on or off Turn Do Not…

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Simple file recovery

May 19, 2015

Learn how to use previous versions to recover your files with vCIO of Smart Dolphins IT Andrew Rivett.

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Vancouver Island Business

April 29, 2015

1.5 decades 15 years 180 months 780 Weeks 3900 weekdays That’s a chunk of time, to be sure. 15 years ago I was sitting in the backroom of our townhouse at 1741 McKenzie preparing to take my new found skills to market. I was brainstorming business names. I was considering my hourly rate. I was…

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Reverse the Email Spiral

April 28, 2015

We all swim in email and it is time to follow the Email Charter:  

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ParkVictoria

April 8, 2015

One of my favorite new apps is ParkVictoria which allows you to pay for Victoria parking spaces from your mobile phone. Within the app you’ll create an account and store a credit card. Then, when it’s time to park you just open the app and enter in your space number with the desired amount of…

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Password best practices

April 2, 2015

Get smarter with your password use! Do not resuse passwords and start using  a password manager by Cam Oltmann.

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What does your IT roadmap look like?

March 30, 2015

Sometimes we just don’t know what we don’t know. Imagine you drove to work every day on this road: If this was the only road you know and you got to work every day, would you ever question if there was a better way? Maybe there is another road? Maybe the other road looks like this:…

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Dolphin Ditty: Safe Computing Habits

March 20, 2015

Some basic safe computing tips.

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