School is now in session and today’s discussion is regarding best practices to manage your passwords and multi-factor authentication (MFA).  Protecting your passwords is particularly important. You must go beyond the old-school approach of keeping a written list of passwords or storing them in your phone. The old-school approach is dangerous and can leave you…

Today’s discussion is regarding mobile phone scams.  Since literally everyone is using computers and internet phones to conduct business, as well as manage our day-to-day lives, guarding against mobile phone scams is of great importance.  You may be asking yourself, “What can go possibly go wrong with my mobile phone?”  Since you have encountered no…

Our subject today is how to avoid internet browsing and Wi-Fi scams. This subject is important because of the drive remote work or WFH, which we believe will continue in the future. Working remotely comes with a variety of scams. Our last episode covered scams that go through the email. Today we are discussing internet…

Most of us have been working from home for a year now, and as we move into some hybrid types of business environments, it’s important to remember that hackers are still out in force looking to take your business and your money and your attention.  Today, we’re talking about how to keep them away from your…

Today, we’re unpacking a subject that will help architects think and act on their competitive advantage, which is technology.   The topic is this: IT offense versus IT defense and what each represents.   Understanding IT Defense and Offense  IT defense includes the most important pieces of technology infrastructure that your company requires for security, productivity, and…

Today on Design Under Influence we’re very excited to welcome guest Bryon McCartney, the Chief Creative Strategist and co-founder of ArchMark. ArchMark is a specialized marketing agency geared towards architecture & design firms. We’ll be talking about how to grow your company and how technology can help you do so! Growth and technology are intimately…

Today we’re unpacking an especially interesting topic here on Design Under Influence — how to evaluate your future IT provider so that you can be sure to find the perfect match for your architecture and design firm.   So how do you even know if you need a new IT provider, anyway? The most common reason we see…

It’s time for another episode of Design Under Influence!   If you haven’t been here before, this is a show dedicated to architecture, design, and engineering professionals to discover how technology can be their competitive advantage.   Technology gives your business the ability to level up and set yourselves apart from the pack. If you’re not taking it…

Welcome to another episode.   Today we’re unpacking a very important subject on Design Under Influence: how to run Revit on the MacOS operating system.   We’ll also answer an even more important question: should you even run Revit on your Mac in the first place?   Today’s episode is all about giving some tactical advice to people…