All posts by Ric Chapman
My Guide to Staying Mobile as a Computer Technician – Part 2
Staying mobile isn’t easy. But hopefully my previous article may have opened up some doors or at the very least provided you with some ideas to keep yourself out and about a bit more. The concept
VIEW POSTMy Guide to Staying Mobile as a Computer Technician – Part 1
My business and simply the way I work has changed dramatically over the past 12 months. To give a very brief overview of my current situation, I have a job involving 4 key sites and a number of ad-hoc
VIEW POSTMy 8 Certification Choices for Business Techs
In my previous posts you’ve seen some pretty strong arguments about why you should and shouldn’t get certified in the tech industry and it’s clear that many share my points as well as
VIEW POST6 Reasons Why Techs SHOULD Get Certified
I’m back discussing the divide in the tech community with regards to certifications, I recently gave certs quite a beating with a very one sided view against, but I return today to the flip side.
VIEW POST5 Reasons Why Techs SHOULDN’T Get Certified
Certifications receive mixed praise and opinion on the Technibble forums and the result of any cert based thread often ends with a 50/50 split for and against. I’ve decided to broach this tricky
VIEW POSTRic Chapmans Story: From Broke to Business Clients – Part 3
It took some time, but in Part 2 of my story I finally conquered my fears by finally walking through the doors of a local business and asking for the manager. In hindsight I look back at myself and wonder
VIEW POSTRic Chapmans Story: From Broke to Business Clients – Part 2
Today we continue my story by picking up from where I left off, stepping out of my front door. I was totally prepared to take on the town, approach every business within a 10 mile radius and completely
VIEW POSTRic Chapmans Story: From Broke to Business Clients
This is my story. A short story before you start to panic (you can sit back down). A story about how I finally made my move from having strictly residential clients to include those elusive businesses.
VIEW POSTWhy Windows RT Should Not Be Ignored by Computer Technicians
On Friday the 26th of October and the days that followed we saw some of the biggest product releases from Microsoft since Windows 95, not just a new version of Windows but the Windows Surface and Windows
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