Tackle! Sack! Interception! Touchdown! Reboot!…………Reboot? What!?!?

You might think NFL football is all about the game on the field, but you might be wrong.  That is because NFL Football teams just like all smart organizations these days use technology to help them be more productive and successful.   Since we are only days from Super Bowl 48 when the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks clash at Met Life Stadium, we thought it might make sense to consider some of the ways that NFL football teams use, information technology.

January 2014 Trivia Challenge

Congratulations to our winner, Janet Wos, of Walsh & Borresen LLC, the lucky recipient of a $25 Sports Authority gift card.

QUESTION:  Which two music icons were featured in a 2011 Super Bowl commercial warning people that “technology moves fast… don’t get left behind”?

(ANSWER:  Justin Bieber and Ozzy Osbourne)

IT Radix 2013 Holiday Video

On November 21st, the IT Radix family sang our hearts out to our own version of Jingle Bells. After lots of laughs and numerous takes we were rewarded with a Thanksgiving feast for our hard work, or was it the sheer talent?  Without any further ado, we are ready to unveil the 2013 IT Radix Holiday Jingle.

Here an App, There an App…

Everywhere you turn there is a new App in town!  When Apple launched a little thing called the App Store in 2008, few people predicted the resulting explosion of mobile apps over the last five years.  Many of these Apps are just for fun and are wonderful ways to pass the time while sitting in waiting rooms.

7 Smart Phone Photography Tips

If you’re like most people, you’re more likely to have your smart phone with you in the moment than your camera.  Here are a few tips to get good results using your smart phone’s built-in camera.

Keep it clean—the lens, that is.  Fingerprints and smears on the lens can be an issue.

Happy Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

It’s National Chocolate Chip Day… Celebrate with a Chocolate Chip Cookie!

Did you know the Chocolate Chip Cookie was invented by accident?  

Yes, Ruth Graves Wakefield, owner of the Toll House Inn located in Whitman, Massachusetts, ran out of baker’s chocolate while baking Chocolate Cookies for her guests.

The Power of Putting Pen to Paper

"Spoken words are the symbols of mental experience, and written words the symbol of spoken words. Just as all men have not the same speech sounds, so all men have not the same writing." -- Aristotle

Stop for a minute and think…  When was the last time that you put pen to paper to write someone a letter?  Written a heart-felt “thank you” or condolence card to a friend?  Purchased nice stationery to correspond with a family member across the miles?

In today’s day and age, we’re more likely to pull out our handy-dandy smartphone to send a quick text or log onto our laptop to type a quick email.