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Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Reviewing Remote Work Locations (in Tracy, CA)

    Reviewing Remote Work Locations (in Tracy, CA)

    In August 2007 (several lifetimes ago in the technology world), I went around to three locations in Tracy, CA to see how the new fangled WiFi hot spots worked, and, if they also worked with videoconferencing.  The experiment went rather well.  Fast forward 7.5 years to 2015 and videoconferencing is ubiquitous, there are remote workers EVERYWHERE, and…

  • Adding an Audio Track to Your YouTube Video

    Adding an Audio Track to Your YouTube Video

    In the old days I took my chances adding country songs to my YouTube videos. And I always got caught. Fast forward a bunch of years and now you can add royalty free music / audio tracks to your videos. Here is how you do it: Once you upload the video, go to “Creator Studio” and…

  • Free Alternatives to Microsoft Office

    As a small business owner, purchasing office productivity software from Microsoft can be painful. Luckily, there are free options available that work REALLY well.  I will look at two here:  Open Office and Google Docs.  But first, here is a list of what I think the free options need to fulfill to be a viable option…

  • Build Your Own App for Android or IOS

    Build Your Own App for Android or IOS

    Originally published on ForCarol.com one year ago.  I will be publishing new stuff soon, life has just gotten in the way. I bought a book on programming a few months back.  But….I decided I was just too damn old to learn all this stuff again. I wished they had an app maker that was easy…

  • Taking A ScreenShot with Android

    Taking A ScreenShot with Android

    Got a Samsung (I have an S4) Android phone and need to take a screenshot? Here is how you do it. Hold the power button down and  the main / home button on the bottom of the phone…SIMULTANEOUSLY Look in your pictures….. Easy as 3.14. Here is a GREAT video from Android Authority that covers more…

  • TechyMike Resurfaces in Tracy, CA

    TechyMike Resurfaces in Tracy, CA

    BREAKING NEWS Back from the ashes of TelBitConsulting, YeOldeTechy, and AltamontCowork, the technical wizard we all know, and sort of love, Mike Pihlman has once again resurfaced in Tracy, CA. Mike was spotted yesterday at Orchard Supply wandering the aisles. While he looked confused and disoriented, don’t be fooled.  Mike’s brain was actively thinking of the…

  • WordPress Free Themes

    I am going to be playing with some WordPress FREE themes on this web site. Comment below if you like or don’t like. The first one installed July 25, 2014 is “Academica”. I will keep it up for a couple of weeks and play with the options until I get tired of it. So far,…

  • Vidyo Video Conferencing Deposition

    Vidyo Video Conferencing Deposition

    My two worlds collided this week.  (Video conferencing and Coworking). I rented the “Orange” Conference room for a deposition to an attorney located in Pennsylvania (we are in Tracy, CA).   AltamontCowork won the “bid” by having SCREAMING fast Internet access and having a cheap room to rent for the day.  I suspect the latter…

  • Internet Speed Testing

    Internet Speed Testing

    I spent a few minutes doing some Internet speed tests here at AltamontCowork. I tested various configurations (wired vs wireless vs different wired jacks vs different wireless speeds). In other words I did a lot of testing……and had some FUN. Here are my tests from this morning (the various options all worked about the same, or,…

  • TechyMike

    TechyMike

    A year or so ago, I pretty much gave up on TelBitConsulting (my video conferencing centric technology blog) choosing to concentrate on AltamontCowork (a coworking location in Tracy, CA) instead. Two weeks ago, a friend of mine fired up his new videoconferencing related site, so I paid $13 to WordPress and redirected all of TelBitConsulting’s…