Posts Tagged ‘tech’

You Can Build A Website Too!

// September 30th, 2009 // No Comments » // My Reviews, TechBytes, Tutorials

Its been 3 months since I bought this domain, and ever since, people around have been asking me, “How do you do all this?” or “How did you do it ?” and the likes. They think it is some herculean task, only worthy of the geeks to achieve. But it isn’t even remotely as complicated as people tend to think of it. So here’s my own nifty little ‘tutorial-y’ post about it.

Everyone I know started their online experiences with websites by staring their very own blog using the numerous services available on the web today, the most popular being Blogger and Wordpress. Just create an account with them and select a theme to suit yourself, and you’re ready to go with your first post. All in a matter of minutes. Sounds simple ? So, why would anyone want to anyone want to take the trouble of setting up their independent site and maintain it ?

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Why people need the geeks…

// June 24th, 2009 // 6 Comments » // Life's Happenings

Good enough that I am my own tech support person.  And with the credibility of todays’ technology, I also handle the support calls of family, friends neighbours, acquaintances an the likes. Actually, its not that I’m smart. Its just that the smart people today have learnt that they can get their work done and more by ignoring the petty details of the tech in their lives. And then when the things go wrong, as they always will, they’ve figured out they can find some kindly geek to set things straight. Tragically, they are right.

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