Staff Blog

Random bits of tech news from our teams.
From mobile to security.

Top 5 Five Tips for Coronavirus IT

As a 100% cloud based company, we have a long history of helping clients transition to remote work. Over the last month, we've supported hundreds of users who were suddenly working from home. For many, it was easy. They had the tools with them, on their own devices....
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Coronavirus IT Update – Remote Workers and Covid-19

Coronavirus: what have learned these first few weeks.

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Best Antivirus Software of 2019

Consumer antivirus might work but it's difficult to manage. We are big fans of centrally managed security software for even the smallest of businesses. It gives us an opportunity to centralise policies for clients, push out updates and review security issues as they...
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Pricing: How IT Vendors Get it Wrong

Companies like ours use a lot of web-based technology. When the tools work well, there is a huge payoff in productivity. When they don't, it's a nightmare and that puts in the same boat as our clients: how much are you willing to pay for efficiency? IT providers are...
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Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo

May 6, 2017 | ,

We celebrated in the best way we could think of: attending the soft opening of Portland food truck El Corazon's new restaurant.

Play with a 1991 Mac Online

Play with a 1991 Mac Online

Apr 18, 2017 |

Thanks to a tip by John Gruber, we've been playing around with an online version of a Mac from 1991. Back then: The Mac OS was mostly...

We Support Girls Who Code

We Support Girls Who Code

Dec 7, 2016 | ,

"Computing skills are the most sought-after in the US job market, with demand growing 3X the national average. Computing is where the jobs...

Archaic Voting

Archaic Voting

Nov 7, 2016 | ,

Have you ever felt that the way we vote seems a bit dated? Granted, there are fancy new touchscreen kiosks that make the experience more...

Chocolate Nerds

Chocolate Nerds

Aug 22, 2016 | ,

At tkc.io, we have zero tolerance for body shaming. That’s why you can imagine the squeals of delight at the office when we learned that...

We Are OK

We Are OK

Jul 15, 2016 | ,

All of us--our friends, our clients and our employees--are tremendously sad but safe.  A big thank you to everyone for checking in....

Windows 10 Revert to Windows 7?

Windows 10 Revert to Windows 7?

Jul 2, 2016 |

"I'm going to chuck this thing in the river" - Actual Client Quote Things were working fine. Then one morning, everything went to hell. At...

Best iPhone Email Apps

Best iPhone Email Apps

May 23, 2016 | ,

Apple’s phones have always had an integrated email app (remember when they didn’t have copy and paste?). Solid but lacking features of commercial alternatives. Boring, basically.

Bad Day at The Office

Bad Day at The Office

Apr 1, 2016 |

For now, we've moved all meetings to the coffee shop next door. Anyone have a spare room? NOTE: This was an April Fools day joke. We...