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www.healthcare.gov – A Classic IT Disaster

My family is OK with health insurance coverage for now and I live in Minnesota, which has its own website for navigating the local healthcare marketplace, so I don’t need to deal with the US healthcare.gov website to find health insurance. But I was curious after...

Why “normal” people should care about IT

I did a presales call with a small dentist office a few months ago.  I have some dentist customers, so I’ve come to understand a little bit about how dentist offices operate.  But this office was, well, different.  The “server” was really an old, failing Windows XP PC...

Computer Whodunit Detective Story – the Conclusion

In part one of our computer detective saga, the story opened with a few users unable to access their emails. Similar to a Hollywood detective story, we followed the clues through several unexpected twists and turns, with each clue answering questions and generating...

Computer Troubleshooting 101 – Characterize the Problem

Just like most IT professionals, I get computer troubleshooting questions all the time from customers, friends, and family. A few are, um, well, memorable. For example, the one about email a while ago.  The conversation started out something like this: Friend:  My...