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In Not An IT Guy

5 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -

This podcast is for those who have problems dealing with technology and those who are struggling to deal with IT people. Our mission is to be the middle man between tech gurus and common users, managers, even HHRR, can learn how IT people think and communicate if they feel appreciated and valued. We will show you how to using common sense you can fix some simple daily technical problems or at least how to avoid them.

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Episodes

Im Not an IT Guy #05 Dangers of Overlooking Advanced Installation

July 21, 2020 03:00 - 7 minutes - 5.01 MB

When installing free software and even licensed ones, we need to be careful and READ the small letters and follow this ignored checkbox with the sign "Advanced Installation" or "Advanced Setup". Behind that check, there's an unconscious consent of installing many other "tools" meant to "help us", in the best cases that's true, at least during the trial period, but the other scenario you computer can be the target of many dangerous Softwares harming not just your computer but your privacy. S...

Im Not an IT Guy #04 Works on My Machine

July 14, 2020 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.65 MB

Technology can trick us in many ways. From savvy IT people and common users as well. When the user has a problem and IT cant replicate it a conflict arises and both parts need to do their best to find the problem as a team. In this episode find out how to handle this situation and work towards the solution. Support the show (https://anchor.fm/notanitguy/support)

Im Not an IT Guy #03 When Getting Creative Goes Wrong

July 06, 2020 02:00 - 11 minutes - 8.03 MB

When a user adds a last-minute requirement for a project and the developer decides to enhance that requirement, the combination of these two factors can be uncertain. Users will love your enhancement for sure unless it crashes during testing. Is very annoying to fix an un-requested feature creating an unnecessary problem to yourself. Support the show (https://anchor.fm/notanitguy/support)

Im Not an IT Guy #02 Talking Dirty

June 19, 2020 14:00 - 7 minutes - 5.06 MB

How to talk to haveĀ  a better support from IT or any other technical support. Saying: I have an error, i don't know what happened,the system is not working are too generic and none informative sentences. On this episode will be talking about how to talk to your IT guy. Your'e welcome. Support the show (https://anchor.fm/notanitguy/support)

Im Not an IT Guy #01: To click or double click

June 13, 2020 15:00 - 4 minutes - 3.31 MB

Knowing the difference between these two actions can save you time as well as the IT guy. No technical experience required, just some common sense. The more you learn will makes you a better user. Listen to the full episode for more info. Support the show (https://anchor.fm/notanitguy/support)