It is my sincere hope that you will find this blog to be informative, thought-provoking and useful in your daily adventures on your computer and the Internet.
Who Are You?
I guess, to begin with, introductions are in order. I am Timothy Fehlman, your guide for this blog adventure. Actually, this is not my real name but it works very well for my writing. Often, I will write about topics and issues that some people will have very strong opinions about. It is best that I maintain a certain level of privacy and anonymity.
I have over a decade of experience in the computing industry. While my background has typically been Microsoft products, Ihave spent the past number of years looking at freeware and open source solutions that can provide as good or better solutions than many commercial products. I have also been spending some time recently looking into personal safety and security on the Internet. I am a public speaker and consultant.
What is Daily Cup of Tech About?
Daily Cup of Tech (or DCoT as I will commonly refer to) is all about people and how they use technology. There will be a general focus on freeware and open source systems but primarily it will be about using technology to make your life better, easier and safer.
This will be for people of all technical levels. While I know that not every article or post will appear to all readers, over time there will be something here for everyone. An article about rsync may interest experienced computer users while new users may find reading about keeping safe on the Internet to be useful. I will attempt to keep all users in mind when writing to this blog.
Why “Daily Cup of Tech”?
If you are like me, my daily coffee ranks up there with air and shelter on my list of things that I need to survive. Not far away from coffee on that list is technology. If I do not have either daily, I’m a mess (gee, do you think I should be seeking some type of 5 step program). Logically, Daily Cup of Tech combines two of my greatest needs (plus I really liked the theme).
What Can I Expect?
Daily
Each day, I will be writing a quick post about something I have experienced in the computer realm. This can be a quick tip on doing something with your computer or a comment on a news story that broke that day. It promises to be interesting and worth your time.
Weekly
Mondays will present a new reader poll which will allow you, the reader, to express your views and opinions. You are encouraged to add your two cents worth.
On Fridays, I will attempt to put out a “major” addition to DCoT. There are a number of different ideas that I am working on and I hope that you will find them to be as interesting as I do. These will typically be articles that are more in depth than the daily posts. I intended for them to become a significant technical resource to readers of DCoT.
Monthly
At the end of the month, I will be putting out a newsletter by e-mail. This will be in the form of a link to a PDF file on DCoT. It will be mainly a summary of the interesting stories and articles over the past month and an opportunity for readers of DCoT to submit technical questions and have them answered by me.
How Can I Help?
The most important thing write now is to spread the word. Tell your friends, e-mail this post (see the Post Information on the right for a handy link), add it to your online bookmarks with the Socialize link on the right, put a link to DCoT on your website. Every little bit helps.
If you want to help out even more, consider supporting DCoT. Click on the Support DCoT link on the right to see how you can help with the expenses associated with DCoT. This is done on my spare time. I am not paid for blogging and I do not charge for accessing the blog. It is my hope that people will appreciate my efforts enough to want to help out either financially or by purchasing items through my blog.
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February 21st, 2007 at 5:04 pm
and I figured, what the heck! I am now taking this opportunity to spur my fellow blogger friends to write on Why They Blog! So let the tagging begin! RT Cunningham of Untwisted Vortex - TAG - why do you blog? Timothy Fehlman of Daily Cup of Tech - TAG - why do you blog? Samantha Yeap of Organic Parade, Organic Income, and MyOrganicLife - TAG - why do you blog? Stephen Cooper of Personal Fitness Training In Your Home - TAG - why do you blog?
March 28th, 2007 at 5:18 pm
10 Ways to Protect Your Home Network 11 Password Tips 15 Ways To Help Protect Your Children On The Internet 32 MB USB Drive Contest 32 MB USB Drive Contest Voting 35 Web Based Application Alternatives 9 Ways To Think Outside The Box About Daily Cup of Tech AutoIt UDF’s; A Lot of Power in One Line Build a USB Drive Mail System Configure Autoplay With TweakUI Configuring Disks in FreeNAS Converting IP Address Formats Create a Self-Burning ISO with AutoIt
July 31st, 2007 at 6:28 am
Just making my own freenas and stumbled on your site. Sweet list of tips!!! I will pass around your site to the rest of the tech guys I know. Thanks for your efforts. Mike
ps. Loving Free NAS. Trying to get Rsync running now. =)