First off, thank you for making it to my blog page and welcome! Lets address the first question that will be on everyones mind. Who is Tyler and why should I take my valuable time reading his blog?
As you probably have already figured out by now my name is Tyler. I am what is considered an Early Millennial, rather than the typically thought of Recession Millennial. Early Millennials such as myself grew up as much of our modern technology was developed and brought to the masses. We remember getting internet in our homes. We remember the adoption of cell phones, not smart phones. We used MySpace and Napster. We are considered the Upgrade Generation because of these advances in tech. Moores law was never more true than during my youth. The reason that we are called the Upgrade generation and the reason that we have adapted to tech so easily is because we had to. In elementary school for example we had mid 1990's Macintosh's. By the time I was a sophomore in college the first iPhone was released. That was a lot of adapting and adopting of technology in just a decades time. I was fortunate enough to grow up with technology. I remember my parents having the first Motorola flip phone and then a pager. We had a word processor computer before home computers were an affordable option. Then 56k dial up internet with AOL. My future wife and I chatted nightly via AOL Instant Messenger (RIP old friend). In high school my first car still had a car phone built in and I knew all of my friends telephone numbers by heart. College came and so did my first laptop, a 2006 white MacBook. 2009 I got an iPhone 3GS, my first smart phone. I still remember downloading my first app. I am pretty sure at the time I was still using my Palm Pilot... I never really gave much thought or interest to technology until I started selling electronics are Sears. My focus then became TV technology. It was 2005 and flat panel displays were just coming onto the scene. Which was great because carrying a tube tv to someones car was lets just say not fun. I used technology in college but to a limited extent. Most of my notes were in paper note books. Most professors still made us take written tests and we all went to the computer lab. Do they still have those? My technology revolution did not begin until after college and after a short stint in the Army. Side note they do not have the most advanced tech for the common solider. Here is where the story picks up and how I got to writing this blog today. In 2012 I was hired by my parents to work in the front office of their dental practice in Michigan. The practice had seen better days and the recession had taken its toll. After about a year I decided technology would lead us to a better future. I learned HTML coding (took some in high school as well) and built a website. I created Social Media sites, again I had to buy the Social Media Marketing for Dummies Book. We swapped out our Windows based system an all Mac based system, which by the way is unheard of in the dental world. Six years later we are paperless, we have iPads for patient forms, we have digital radiography, and a VoIP phone system tied into our practice management software. As virtually no one else in the country had done any of this for a Mac based dental practice I was left on my own with little to no outside IT support. But I read, researched and made contacts. And today we are still around and still implementing new technology on a regular basis. Technology and dentistry combined together for me recently and shifted my future. Anyone who has been to any medical office in the last almost 20 years has heard this acronym, HIPAA. Basically its how your private medical information is kept safe and distributed, to put it dangerously simple. Having an ever developing interest in technology and dentistry I began to find my niche helping offices conform to HIPAA regulations. This lead me to an opportunity that has altered my life and its direction. I was offered the opportunity to come on board with Mary Govoni & Associates as the HIPAA specialist. This opportunity allows me to help offices with technology and HIPAA. But it had a profound effect on how and what technology I use on a daily basis. I now have a ever growing home office infrastructure and I am currently developing my traveling office, as I spend a lot of time in hotels rooms and working while away from my home office. This blog will span my use of technology in my personal life, my home life, and my work life both in a dental office, at home and on the road. Nothing is off the table as long as its technology focused. The goal of this blog is to give education and guidance for people like me who use technology but do not need to become computer programmers. This is a blog about living live with technology both at home and at work. I am the first one to admit, I am not tech expert, and I rely greatly on those who are. I am open to discussions and guest authors. I hope you all enjoy the blog. Our future goals are to expand into YouTube and Podcasts as well. Thank you for reading my intro. I promise future post will not be this long. Welcome!
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AuthorI am an everyday person who has a passion for technology. I am not a technology guru but rather a everyday user of technology. #techwithtyler is focused on technology that is used by everyday non tech people. I hope to pass along my knowledge to help you better live with and through todays technology. Archives
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