by isaac | Jul 24, 2014 | Churches, Information Technology, Nonprofit, Open Source
So I was checking out some of Mozilla’s recent projects and they are all very cool things like Mozilla’s Webmaker that allows you to do things like easily create phone apps. Anyhow, one of the cooler things I came across is called Open Badges. Open Badges...
by isaac | Jun 20, 2014 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit
The Internet has become a vital part of communication and information gathering for virtually any organization. So what do you do when your internet connectivity has issues? Here’s some tips I’ve compiled over the years: Internet Service Provider...
by isaac | Apr 24, 2014 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Nonprofit, Outsource
Why should you consider cloud-based backup? Consider these statistics: Between 70% to 90% of businesses who lose data due to catastrophe, hacking, or hardware failure close within 12 months. Shocking as that is, more than 60% close within 6 months. 6% of computers...
by isaac | Jan 21, 2014 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source, Outsource
We recently put up a demo website showing just some of what is possible with HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap such as full motion video backgrounds and responsive design (that means having a website that adapts itself to the screen size of the computer, phone, tablet, etc....
by isaac | Dec 17, 2013 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source, Outsource
WordPress brings a lot of added functionality and improvement to WordPress and GeekOut Technologies has upgraded all of our clients to 3.8. There was an interesting bug that popped up for some sites which I suspect may have been related to using a non default editor...
by isaac | Dec 5, 2013 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source, Outsource
I recently did a presentation for a high school computer science class. One topic we touched on was cyber security, penetration testing, and the fundamentals of hacking. I promised to put up a list of software used for hacking/penetration testing so here is a list of...
by isaac | Nov 19, 2013 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Outsource
Imagine having all your files encrypted without your permission and being charged exorbitant prices if you want to decrypt them; that is precisely what has been happening on a large scale by a recent ransomware infection known as cryptolocker. While cryptolocker is...
by isaac | Oct 15, 2013 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source
Recently, ironically as it is, myself and some other IT professionals were answering a question on Linkedin about creating social networks for churches. There are probably quite a few people out there wondering the same thing… and with good reason, as churches...
by isaac | Oct 8, 2013 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Outsource
I’ve been flying airplanes since I was 15 years old, but due to a long hiatus from training I hadn’t actually gotten my pilot’s license until August of 2012. During this last summer I added ratings onto my license for bigger and faster aircraft with...
by isaac | Oct 2, 2013 | Business, Churches, Information Technology, Missions, Nonprofit, Open Source
If you are reading this, you are probably using Linux or Unix already. Your Android phone: Linux, your iPhone/iPad: Unix, your Mac: Unix, your router: Linux, the HTML server hosting GeekOut Technologies: Linux. Basically, over the years Linux/Unix has been sneaking...
