If you haven’t noticed, I’m a little bit of a social media addict. My twitter feed is mostly full of technical IT people, some journalists and a bit of emergency management (earthquakes etc). My Facebook is a lot more private and includes the in-laws and my sister’s family, both overseas. I noticed that I didn’t…
USA bound for Tech Field Day!
It’s the morning before I leave for 18.5hrs of travel. Stating the obvious, Australia is a long way from America (and I’m only going to the West Coast). But I’m beyond thrilled to have been given this opportunity. To my non IT friends and family, I’m going to Silicon Valley for a conference. That conference is…
The problem with Partners
As a ‘partner’ in the ‘channel’ (just imagine the air quotes), I’m going to stand on my soapbox and have a little chat about the role that we play in making software & hardware companies successful. Yeah, that totally sounded conceited, but follow along with me here. There are so many facets to this chat that…
KoalaSafe Internet Filter – Review
Having a rather complicated home network, I’ve struggled to find an Internet filtering product that lets me work like I need to AND doesn’t need to be ‘installed’ on the devices that my kids use. I was excited to hear about the KoalaSafe kickstarter campaign then, that promised a safe WiFi network of its own.…
Scam email from Microsoft Management Team
This landed in my Inbox last week. It’s a phishing scam, designed to capture your real login details and is definitely not from Microsoft. It’s good practice to log straight into the website or Cloud service in your web browser to check the validity of any warnings like these. Don’t click on links in your emails! From: Microsoft…
How to get the ATO Business Portal to work on Windows 10
The ATO Business Portal is vital to Australian businesses. This secure gateway allows us to provide reporting information to the tax office, to meet our compliance regulations. It’s understandable that if you do any of those kind of tasks (either for your own business or someone elses), you need to know that the website and…