Content about The Answer Guy

02.03.12
Urban Legends

There are a host of internet scams circulating of late, and the Answer Guy is here to help you decipher the next "Urban Legend".

01.23.12
Computer Organization

While computer organization might not be at the top of your list, it's important and Kevin is here to lend a helping hand!

11.01.11
iPhone Tips

We all have iPhone's, now how the heck do we use them? Kevin has some quick tips... he is The Answer Guy after all!

10.28.11
Video

"Last month was all about audio files and while that sounded great at the time I suspect many of you are more interested in video these days." Kevin helps us out with video files in this month's "Answer Guy"!

08.24.11
Better than Google

In today's age of rapid information, what are the most efficient ways to search the internet? Not surprisingly, Kevin has the answer in this month's "Answer Guy"!

07.25.11
Backups

We all know we should be backing up our data, here are some quick and easy backup methods to help us out!

06.28.11
The Mac Issue

Should you go Mac or PC?

04.23.11
Online Communities

You might consider joining an online community after Kev enlightens us... love the terms and definitions.

03.31.11
Spring Cleaning

Is it time to clean up that hard drive of yours? Find out how, and learn other ways to get your computer running smoothly just in time for Spring!

02.28.11
Courtesy on the Highway

Once upon a time there was a great and expansive land ruled by a benevolent king. The vastness of the land was a constant problem and when two enterprising gentlemen approached the king with some solutions he listened...

01.29.11
From iTunes to My Tunes

Have you ever wanted to watch something you've downloaded onto your computer on your TV? The Answer Guy has some solutions for you this month!

12.30.10
Web Hosting without the Canapés

Always been a bit confused about domains, hosting, servers, and the like? Kevin clears it all up in this month's column!

11.30.10
2010 Geek Gift Guide

Don't know what to get that geek in your life this Christmas? Look no further!

10.29.10
Digital Do-Gooders

Always wanted to contribute but didn't know where to start? Kevin provides a unique opportunity many of us have probably never considered.

10.03.10
Your Email @ Anywhere

Recently I was asked for a solution to what is becoming a common problem – how to deal with email across multiple computers and devices.

09.01.10
The Changing Face of Education

Computers and the internet are changing how we learn and when we learn...

07.30.10
Big Files, Big Problems Part II

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Last month was all about the challenges of dealing with big files; especially the limits of drives and computers. There were a lot of big numbers. This month I promise that there will be very few numbers as we continue the discussion around the challenges of moving large files.

06.28.10
Big Drives. Big Files. Big Problems.

The first hard drive I purchased, way back in the 1980s, held 10 MB . That's about enough space to hold two mp3 music files. Paltry doesn't even begin to describe that size of hard drive. Today it's hard to find a new hard drive that's smaller than 1TB . That's enough space for 200,000 mp3 music files.

06.01.10
An About-Face on Facebook

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The privacy concerns associated with online social networking sites have been in the news quite a bit lately. The fingers of blame are being pointed squarely at Facebook, for the most part, as much for it's ubiquitousness as its practices. While I'm happy to leave the question of Facebook's moral obligation to provide privacy to the deontology students, in this column I'm going to cover how you can at least change your privacy settings to reduce your exposure.

04.29.10
Spring Cleaning

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Well, it's spring cleaning time again. How the heck did that happen? If you haven't done all the updates on your computer you might not have noticed that the time changed. Yes, it's spring.

04.01.10
Know Such Thing as a Free Lunch

We are living in an unprecedented era of human existence. We are nearing the ability to collect the sum of all human knowledge and distribute it instantly to everyone for free. We're not there yet, but we are taking major steps towards that goal.

02.27.10
I'd Rather Switch than Fight

There was a time, not so very long ago, that people only had one computer and it wasn't connected to any network. This wasn't back when I was in high school and had to outrun dinosaurs to get home for lunch. This was post-Star Wars. How times have changes in just two decades.

01.30.10
Cellphone Blues

As of January 1 it is no longer legal in BC to use a hand held cell phone or text while driving. While I concede that driving without due care and attention should be against the law, I'm sure that I'm not alone in wondering what options are available for using hands free technology to keep connected.

12.30.09
Health on the Net

Ah New Years. There are few days as laden with the burden and hope as the first day of a new year. The hope of course is the promise that this, this new year, this year could be better than last year. And thus is the burden created. The responsibility of carrying the promise of an entire better year. Well, let me tell you, it's more than most days could bear. And if you're the kind of person that puts stock in the idea of making a commitment, a promise, a resolution on this day, well that's where a little technology just might come in handy.

11.26.09
Christmas List for the Traveling Geek

Well, it's time for the annual geek Christmas list again. This time around I'm writing the gift guide column sitting in an internet cafe in the city of Manado in northern Sulawesi. That's an island in Indonesia. Southeast Asia is ground zero for gadgets. We forget sometimes in Canada, under the influence of 24/7 media from south of the border, that North America isn't the centre of the world. Not even the centre of the tech world. The PC may have been invented in the USA, but it was built in Southeast Asia along with everything else.