It’s been a couple of weeks since going live and this time I tried to incorporate different elements of a live video production such as music and links to Financial Times stories but it required troubleshooting ad hoc.
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Now that I have all the live streaming gear I need to film live events like the council-at-large forum in Hoboken, New Jersey recently, I also like to speak into the recently purchased Shure MV7+ Podcast Kit!
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One year after booking a trip to St. John’s, Newfoundland, the departure date finally arrived — Sunday, September 7. And here we are, four days later, on the most somber of days in the U.S., September 11, having already experienced a variety of remarkable adventures. We started by boarding the Iceberg Quest Ocean Tour boat
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Yelp has recently been a surprisingly good source of IT work for MarcB IT—even though I’m not actively advertising with them. Through Yelp’s “Nearby Job” feature, I can connect with potential clients for a small fee. Sometimes it’s a few dollars, other times I’ll see an unexpected monthly charge. But overall, it’s been worth it,
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In my last post, I shared how disappointing it was not to be chosen as the go-to vendor for a large IT project with a dispensary. But setbacks often create space for other opportunities. Over the past week, MarcB IT has been helping new clients resolve their tech dilemmas — and those small wins add
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This time last week, I was on the verge of landing a significant IT job—deploying and configuring one server and about 10 iPad and PC clients for a new business. The lead came through my Yelp business page, which I created recently (no paid ads yet). I’ve been seeing a steady uptick in inquiries, and
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Last week, I posted a tale about how, after extensive troubleshooting, I had to ship my Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge to Samsung for repair — all because the battery icon in the taskbar suddenly disappeared. In the meantime, I relied on another workhorse of a machine: my MacBook Pro. My Samsung returned yesterday, and I’m
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One Sunday morning, my laptop powered on—but the battery icon didn’t. Here’s what happened next. As I usually do when I wake up in the morning—first coffee—I power on my trusty, workhorse of a PC: the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge. But this past Sunday, I noticed something was off. The battery icon was missing from the taskbar.
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MarcB IT will be going offline in September for a well-deserved rest from the ever-evolving world of IT. Last year, our travels took us to the Battlefield of Antietam and deep into Northern Maine. This year, we’re heading north again — this time to the remote island of Newfoundland, Canada. It’ll be my second trip
To the North Atlantic in September! Read More »
