Greetings, everyone! I’m Rick Savoia, host of The Force Field, a podcast about the business of tech.

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In this episode I will introduce myself and give you some inside information about the computer repair business you need to know as a well informed consumer.

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I will tell you a little about my experiences starting small tech businesses that were too far ahead of their time.

We will find out how and why I created The Force Field podcast and portal.

Most importantly, we will talk about the field service technician who shows up at your door to fix your PC, who he really works for, how much money he really makes when he shows up to service your computer, whether or not he is even qualified to perform the work and your rights to such disclosure as a consumer.

If you want to know more about starting and managing a computer or IT service business, give The Force Field podcast a listen. Questions, comments or feedback? Visit us at http://www.theforcefield.net, visit our forums or email comments(at)theforcefield.net.

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This is Jeffrey Powers from Geekazine with another episode of the TPN Weekly. This week I take the show in a slightly different direction – I thought I would share with you a bit about my life, growing up and the technology I came up with. I talk about my first Computer – a Commodore Vic20,  the rise into IT and where I am now as a New Media Specialist.

I also talk a little bit about where technology is going. You will hear about my future computer system, along with some technology that I think we will be seeing in years to come. I hope you enjoy the walk down this different path.

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