A rather interesting job.

Sometimes in the IT world we are presented with some interesting jobs that can make you think out of the box for a solution.

I was presented with a request a while back that needed just such thinking.

A fellow BNIer came to me and said that someone had given him a scanner with an ADF (automatic document feeder) and would I have a look at it for him.

So I popped around and after a brief chat found that there were no discs or manuals with the device and that it was a model that was about 12 years old. My BNI friend, after being interrogated by me for as much info that I could glean to help me, was not holding out much hope in getting his free scanner up and running and also networked into his business.

But, never being one to turn down a challenge I set about my research and found some old software online and came up with an alternative solution to the problem. After tweeking, configuring and quite a bit of testing we had a solution that worked and he was so happy that he wrote me this testimonial:

"I gave Gareth an old scanner with no manuals and asked him to integrate it with my IT suite. Bizzarely, he's done it saving me money and I'm now heading to paperless utopia. He's good"

So it just goes to show that in IT there is always a way. If you need some expert IT support ask us at Eitex.

My BNI 60 Second Song

I'm really enjoying this being creative with my 60 seconds in BNI Utopia.

This week I did a parody of Don Mclean's American Pie. So put the tune in your head and sing along.

Long long time ago, back in seventeen ninety one
A man named babbage had a dream
He designed and he built his first computer it was a hit
And he hoped that it would change the world
Then in 1975 a small company came alive,
Called Microsoft and as we know, they proceeded to grow

But! that dam software don’t deliver
This stupid computer makes me quiver
Why has it just frozen
The backups all are broken

I cant remember if I cried
When I heard that the hard disc was fried
I just need some help from outside
The day the hard disc died

But no more computer stresses for me
Cos I found Eitex and they helped me to get computer stress free
With their IT support and their clever approach
Now I use my works computer with glee
Cos I find I’m now computer stress free

My BNI 60 second poem

Here is my 60 second elevator pitch that I did in poem form to mix it up a bit.

I come to BNI Utopia every Thursday morning,
And sometimes find that I can never stop yawning,

It isn't the people that does this to me,
It's the 6:30 start, it's early you see!

For 60 seconds I stand,
And talk about computers while waving my hands,

Well this is my job, this is what we do,
If you're having computer problems then Eitex is for you!

I'm looking for referals into solicitors in Skipton you see,
Charlesworth Wood and Brown, Sterratt and Co, Armstrong Luty, Makin Dixon, Foster Law, Hallas and finally Mewies

BNI Keighley

Bright and early in the morning, 6:30 in fact, and I find myself at the Old Silent Inn in Stanbury. Not for a nice meal as usual but to attend my first ever BNI meeting of the all new Keighley chapter.
We had a good bunch of people turn up for bacon and egg butties and lots of good coffee. Niri from BNI then gave us all a bit of a chat about BNI and the history of and then let us loose to talk about ourselves. Its amazing how varied the different occupations were that attended. There was David from TaxAssist, Angela from Mad Publications, Ashfaq form Emerald Glass, Matt from Jenkinsons Painter and Decorators, Lee from Hayfield Robinson, Michelle from Cloud Free, Kinsley from Redransom who handed out very nice pens instead of business cards which was cool because I needed a nice pen and last but by no means least Steve form Exstatik who was responsible for putting it all together.
And so it begins, early mornings and lots of networking. I’m hoping to bring someone along next week but he keeps flinching at the early morning start, wimp.

Eitex IT Support