Welcome to the IT blog!

Hello everyone!  This is my personal IT blog.  I have included lots of resources for my current and past IT students, both young and old, to help enable their success in the IT field. This blog is also for those of you interested it bettering your IT knowledge, even if you're retired!

As a student, it is critical for you once you are an IT professional to continue to learn, to monitor IT news and IT trends so that you can navigate the IT field successfully.   This post is to introduce you to the resources I have provided that will assist you in your journey as an IT professional.

Are You a Transfer Student at a Community College?

Tips on Transferring from a 2 Year to 4 Year College

 Many students use a community college or another two-year college as a stepping-stone to a four-year college and a bachelor’s degree. If you want to take this path, here’s what you should do:

Innovation, Emerging Technology and Opportunity

Only a few years ago, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Eric Schmidt (the head of Google) stated:

"[In the future], the Internet will disappear… you won’t even sense it, it will be part of your presence all the time.”

We are starting to see how this might happen. If you have Google Home, Windows with Cortana, an iPhone with Siri, or Amazon Alexa you are able to interact with the web using your voice, without having to start an app or even open a browser. 

Troubleshooting & Rescue Tools

Here is a summary of some of the troubleshooting tips and  tools available from Microsoft or third parties for free.  Note that for third party tools you can download an "iso" file that can be burned directly to a CD (or DVD if size requires it), or you can use a USB boot tool (see my other post on creating bootable USB drives).  The Yumi tool has built in links to all the troubleshooting tools it supports!