About jimgow.com

This is my personal site to post miscellaneous informational material about business and technological topics. While I work with both items everyday as part of my job, they are also my hobbies. I’d like to share some of my thoughts and experiences with those who might be interested.

I am currently developing a practical, everyday management guide that I think can be useful both to those supervising people as well anyone who is managing all aspects of their life, which we all do every day. This in the Practical Management section.

There is also a Practical Technology section intended to help the novice computer user take a step at a time to set up their PC and to expand their skills with things they can use everyday. I will also put in some tips on where to get free or bargain priced software which is practical for the home user who only needs these things once in a while.

I have also built a pda friendly mobile web page that contains many links I find useful. This is outlined below in the Mobile Access Sites section.

Thanks,

Jim Gow

Practical Technology

Setting Up Your Computer

You have a new home pc or laptop. How do you set it up to be usable and to also protect it as much as possible?

Click here to find some tips on setting up your PC

Keeping Up with Computers – News and Tips

Having trouble keeping up with computer news and finding practical, easy to understand tips that can improve your use of the computer?

Kim Komando has a great site, free daily tips and weekly newsletters, and a weekly radio show. I highly recommend the weekly newsletter. Check out her site and sign up now. Click on the picture at the left.

Networking Tips

Home networking, while getting easier, is still complicated at times. Getting the network up and running is only the first step. You need to keep your network running effectively and need to be able to troubleshoot problems when they occur.

Click here to browse the Networking Tips

Practical Management

The link below will bring you to my “book”, when complete, which is intentionally brief and easy to read and reference.

This started as a practical, no-frills, no theory, day-to-day workbook for both the new manager to the seasoned executive, but as I wrote it, I realized that management of your life within your environment is what management is really all about. This is really a compilation of things to think about and reference on a regular basis if you find them helpful in helping you focus on what is important in the management of your personal and business life.

Click below to open the “book”.

Managing Your Work, Your Life, and Yourself ….. An Everyday Guide

Mobile Access Sites

I have been using a cellular phone/pda for a while now, and find it very useful in all of the normal ways. Using the internet regularly, I have found many sites that are very helpful for reference or for keeping up with the news, so I have built a small pda friendly site containing these links.

Just type the link below in the internet browser on your pda and keep it in your favorites for use when you need it. You can open it here as well to preview it if you would like.

www.jimgow.com/mobile

This link is optimized for the iPhone:

www.jimgow.com/iphone

If you have any suggestions for additional sites, please email me at jimgow@charter.net.

Suggestions?

Since I am putting this site together in the spare hours that I can find, it will take some time and I’ll add info from time to time. However, I hope it will be helpful as it progresses. I’m also open to any suggestions at jimgow@charter.net.

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Last Revision Date: 8/20/2011