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John Bell
Apr 23, 20204 min read
Tech Sense: Meetings from Home
Meetings from Home It's been a month now, and here we all are still stuck at home. Last month I deviated from my current series and...
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John Bell
Mar 27, 20204 min read
Tech Sense: Working from Home
Working from Home Due to the fact that everyone I know is working from home because of the threat posed by the COVID-19 virus, I thought...
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John Bell
Mar 2, 20204 min read
Tech Sense: Protecting Your Information
Protecting Your Information This is the third in my series on privacy and security. Last month, I reviewed one method of creating secure...
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John Bell
Mar 2, 20204 min read
Tech Sense: Time to Change Your Passwords
Time to Change Your Passwords This month starts my sixth year writing this column. Each year I have written at least one column on...
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John Bell
Jan 7, 20204 min read
Tech Sense: Who Is Watching Us?
Anybody who has read this column over the years probably recognizes that I am an advocate for both security and privacy. As much as...
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John Bell
Dec 2, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Holidays 2019
It's November again and time to prepare for holiday shopping. This year we will start with some new technology gifts that people might be...
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John Bell
Nov 1, 20193 min read
Tech Sense: The PC Game Industry!
In my last column of 2018, I discussed the game industry covering game platforms and distribution of games for the personal computing...
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John Bell
Sep 28, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Smart Home Automation
This month I thought I would start a discussion of home automation and monitoring. Home automation is where devices in our homes do...
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John Bell
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Back To School 2019!
Back to School 2019 It's that time again when school is starting, and once again we are scrambling to find the tools our students need...
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John Bell
Aug 10, 20193 min read
Tech Sense: Finding eBooks
Finding eBooks Last month we discussed eBook files and eReaders. This month we will continue looking at eBooks and discuss finding them....
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John Bell
Jul 1, 20193 min read
Tech Sense: eBooks and eReaders
Summer is here, and many of us will spend time on the beach or in the mountains relaxing and catching up on our reading. This month I...
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John Bell
May 26, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Laptops
May and June are popular months for graduations, and laptop computers make a popular gift for the graduating student. This month we will...
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John Bell
May 12, 20193 min read
Tech Sense: World Password Day
World Password Day World Password Day is a day set aside on the first Thursday of May for everyone to change their passwords, add...
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John Bell
Apr 1, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Frequently Asked Questions
This month I will be tackling some questions I get asked frequently or FAQ's. Should I use a Surge Protector for my Computer? The answer...
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John Bell
Mar 1, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Pi Day, Raspberry Pi and SBCs
March 14th is known in the United States as Pi Day, a celebration of the number Pi. We celebrate on March 14th because the first digits...
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John Bell
Jan 25, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: You've Been Hacked!
This month I have decided to present short insights into the loss of personally identifiable data or identity theft. I will start by...
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John Bell
Jan 2, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Games
I ended my last column talking about games as Christmas gifts, and that has inspired me to write more about the state of electronic games...
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John Bell
Jan 2, 20194 min read
Tech Sense: Holiday Tech Toys
It's that time of year again where we help the non-technical spouse, sibling, or friend identify gifts for the techno-geeks in their...
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John Bell
Oct 24, 20185 min read
Tech Sense: Famous People in Computer Technology
This morning I woke up to read that Paul Allen has died. Paul Allen along with his better known partner Bill Gates created the company...
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John Bell
Sep 26, 20184 min read
Tech Sense: Telephone Scams and Robocalls
We all have telephones in our homes or pockets but this technology is abused by scammers to the point that many of us no longer want to...
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