1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,601 Oh, man. What is good? 2 00:00:01,601 --> 00:00:03,670 Well, we are back here with you again. 3 00:00:03,670 --> 00:00:07,440 Another rollicking episode, and they're just kind of like 4 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:10,610 manifesting that ahead of time choice of what's good with John and Joyce. 5 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:14,114 What's Good with Johnny Joyce is sponsored by woodwinds Wedding and Special Events 6 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:18,118 Venue in Branford, Connecticut and Silvio's award winning Italian sauces, 7 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:21,354 which you can buy anytime online at silvio's. 8 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:25,358 Sauces.com that's silvio's sauces.com. 9 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:28,795 Losing weight and getting healthy can feel so overwhelming. 10 00:00:29,162 --> 00:00:30,663 Not sure where to start. 11 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:35,068 Changing habits is tough and staying motivated isn't always easy. 12 00:00:35,268 --> 00:00:38,138 And that's where two your health comes in. 13 00:00:38,138 --> 00:00:41,741 They'll guide you step by step with individualized assessments, coaching, 14 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:43,777 and support designed around you. 15 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:46,780 It's all about helping you create your personalized plan 16 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:49,783 to obtain that healthy, vibrant life you deserve. 17 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:54,120 Check out their website to see all that they offer to your health. 18 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:57,590 Three 60.com that's to your health. 19 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:59,926 Three 60.com. 20 00:00:59,926 --> 00:01:03,897 tactics provides extra repair services for laptops, desktops, home 21 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:05,765 networks and smart devices. 22 00:01:05,765 --> 00:01:08,468 Matthew Rader and his certified technicians are equipped 23 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:11,438 to handle both hardware issues and software glitches, 24 00:01:11,638 --> 00:01:15,208 ensuring your devices are back in working order quickly and affordably. 25 00:01:15,475 --> 00:01:18,778 For more information, go to Tech Fix Wkyc.com. 26 00:01:19,079 --> 00:01:25,552 That's tech fix wkyc.com t e chf I fix.com. 27 00:01:25,552 --> 00:01:27,220 we have a gentleman in the studio with us now. 28 00:01:27,220 --> 00:01:29,689 He's also a brand new sponsor. 29 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:32,459 We're lucky to have two from Tech Fix. 30 00:01:32,459 --> 00:01:35,428 Right here in the Charlotte area, but he's going to be sharing a whole bunch of, 31 00:01:35,662 --> 00:01:38,698 wisdom today with us that goes way beyond this area. 32 00:01:38,698 --> 00:01:41,367 But, that hopefully is going to help you as well. 33 00:01:41,367 --> 00:01:44,204 And he's a guy that that works with computers choice. 34 00:01:44,204 --> 00:01:45,872 But he has a personality. 35 00:01:45,872 --> 00:01:47,373 With all due respect, 36 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:50,944 I mean, you think about, you know, you have a certain stereotype, right? 37 00:01:50,944 --> 00:01:52,745 Right. But this guy is amazing. 38 00:01:52,745 --> 00:01:55,615 We had a chance to meet him recently, and we're welcoming him to our studio 39 00:01:55,615 --> 00:01:56,382 right now 40 00:01:56,382 --> 00:01:59,152 to what's Good with John and Joyce, available on all streaming platforms. 41 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:01,554 But please, you know, subscribe on YouTube. 42 00:02:01,554 --> 00:02:03,756 It's free, and share it with everybody you know. 43 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:04,991 But with us right now. 44 00:02:04,991 --> 00:02:06,893 What's his name? Joyce. 45 00:02:06,893 --> 00:02:09,596 What is what is his name? 46 00:02:09,596 --> 00:02:11,564 I think it starts with a name. 47 00:02:11,564 --> 00:02:14,167 Yeah, yeah. Is it radar? Right? 48 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:16,469 Like with Mash. 49 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:17,770 Remember radar? 50 00:02:17,770 --> 00:02:20,740 For radar, like the Oakland Raider or Las Vegas Raiders? 51 00:02:20,740 --> 00:02:21,608 I'm dating myself. 52 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:22,575 No, it's Matt Raider. 53 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:25,378 Hey, Matt. Welcome to what's good with John and Joyce. 54 00:02:25,378 --> 00:02:26,579 We love you. 55 00:02:26,579 --> 00:02:28,715 We do. We do here. 56 00:02:28,715 --> 00:02:30,517 There's so many things we want to talk about, 57 00:02:30,517 --> 00:02:33,987 but tell us a little bit, because when I first met you, 58 00:02:34,621 --> 00:02:37,824 I was so impressed that we were just sitting there talking. 59 00:02:37,824 --> 00:02:41,661 And I know that you were the manager of nerds, 60 00:02:42,228 --> 00:02:45,231 nerd nerds to go and. 61 00:02:45,698 --> 00:02:46,099 Right. 62 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:50,503 And then this woman came up to our table and she was like, she found God, right? 63 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:51,371 Right. 64 00:02:51,371 --> 00:02:54,374 Yeah. You I found you, I need you. 65 00:02:54,407 --> 00:02:57,810 So, so you were with nerds to go for a long time, 66 00:02:57,810 --> 00:02:59,612 and then you branched out on your own? 67 00:02:59,612 --> 00:02:59,913 Yeah. 68 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:03,716 I, started with them in 2010 and worked for 15 years 69 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:07,086 helping small businesses and residential customers 70 00:03:07,187 --> 00:03:10,190 with their technology mix, everything from websites 71 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:13,193 to computers to email. 72 00:03:13,193 --> 00:03:18,198 And, then very suddenly last summer, they closed with no notice at all. 73 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:20,300 It was horrible. 74 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:21,034 Yeah. 75 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:26,172 Left, many local businesses completely on the verge 76 00:03:26,172 --> 00:03:31,711 of being eliminated from the internet, and this was down to about two weeks. 77 00:03:31,711 --> 00:03:36,349 And so I took it upon myself to jump start a business, get insured and license, 78 00:03:36,749 --> 00:03:41,054 and deal with Microsoft and put myself, personally liable, 79 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:45,358 but decided to invest in the shoreline of Connecticut 80 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:48,628 and started my business, saved all these local businesses, 81 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:52,465 and decided to get very involved in the community, 82 00:03:52,565 --> 00:03:54,300 which is something I always really wanted to do. 83 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:55,501 You were like the cavalry 84 00:03:55,501 --> 00:03:58,037 you came in when people really needed them at that point. 85 00:03:58,037 --> 00:04:00,807 But that's got to be so freaky because these people depend on that. 86 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:03,810 Most of us have no clue what to do with our computers or our, 87 00:04:03,843 --> 00:04:05,411 you know, technical devices. 88 00:04:05,411 --> 00:04:07,580 And we're left out in the cold, so to speak. 89 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:10,583 But you come marching in, thank goodness. 90 00:04:10,617 --> 00:04:13,820 And what I like a lot about you, just based on our conversations, 91 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:14,921 is a lot to like about your Mac. 92 00:04:14,921 --> 00:04:17,590 But also you're an advocate for people. 93 00:04:17,590 --> 00:04:20,727 You're not just a computer guy, you're an advocate to help them. 94 00:04:21,327 --> 00:04:22,295 Yeah, that's exactly right. 95 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:23,997 I'm glad you brought that up. 96 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:28,468 One thing that I specialize in is what I refer to as cutting the cord. 97 00:04:28,901 --> 00:04:32,505 So what it means is, the typical, you know, resident 98 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:36,676 pays upwards of 2 to 300 and up for their internet, 99 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:40,480 TV and phone per month, which is is a huge amount. 100 00:04:40,913 --> 00:04:43,049 And it's because they're on the same platform, 101 00:04:43,049 --> 00:04:46,419 you know, with the remote and coaxial cable that they have their whole lives. 102 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:49,455 But there's a lot more affordable, faster, 103 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:52,091 cheaper ways of getting the same content. 104 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:55,662 So what I help do is I help coach people to not only, 105 00:04:55,695 --> 00:04:58,698 you know, switch and get everything, under management, 106 00:04:59,098 --> 00:05:02,368 but also to understand how to use it because that value, 107 00:05:02,769 --> 00:05:05,638 a lot of times their friends or family will just say, oh, just do it. 108 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:08,374 And we'll 109 00:05:08,374 --> 00:05:12,078 and all of us don't have like a, a son or a grandson around to help us. 110 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:12,345 Right? 111 00:05:12,345 --> 00:05:13,880 You know, we're they're trying to figure out 112 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:15,782 we have ten little remote things to try to work out. 113 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:17,016 And that's where you come in. 114 00:05:17,016 --> 00:05:21,254 You know, I've had people tell me just, you know, get a fire stick and do it. 115 00:05:21,254 --> 00:05:23,923 It's like. 116 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:26,926 Yeah, you're you would be very helpful in that area. 117 00:05:27,026 --> 00:05:31,431 But what happens if, someone wants specific channels 118 00:05:32,065 --> 00:05:35,068 and does it come with everything? 119 00:05:35,301 --> 00:05:36,235 It pretty much does. 120 00:05:36,235 --> 00:05:40,139 I mean, it generally comes in most cases with like 100 to 200 channels. 121 00:05:40,573 --> 00:05:44,844 And you can add anything the same way you would with your current platforms. 122 00:05:45,111 --> 00:05:48,114 A lot of my clients like the Tennis Network, 123 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:51,751 and that is a specialty channel that you do have to pay more per month. 124 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:53,486 But fans love that. 125 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:57,156 Or, you know, whether it's an NFL Sunday ticket or something like that, 126 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:58,791 you can supplement it. 127 00:05:58,791 --> 00:06:01,794 But what a lot of people get confused and get scared about is 128 00:06:01,961 --> 00:06:05,431 they think that switching means getting rid of all those channels, 129 00:06:05,431 --> 00:06:06,466 like you were saying. 130 00:06:06,466 --> 00:06:07,600 And it doesn't mean that, 131 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,370 you know, Netflix and Hulu and all these things are great. 132 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:14,207 And those are supplements, but that's not the real way of doing it. 133 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,309 It's better to to have everything 134 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:19,445 that you already have that you're comfortable with the same phone, 135 00:06:19,445 --> 00:06:24,016 same phone, you know, the same internet kind of connection, same computer. 136 00:06:24,016 --> 00:06:25,385 You don't have to change a lot. 137 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:28,421 You're just changing kind of the companies and the way that it's getting delivered. 138 00:06:28,554 --> 00:06:30,823 That's why it's so great to have somebody like you navigate that, 139 00:06:30,823 --> 00:06:34,827 because that's what I think separates you from so many people in your vocation. 140 00:06:35,094 --> 00:06:38,331 Because ever since Covid, we become nest, we're nesting. 141 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:40,566 We don't want to go out as much anymore. 142 00:06:40,566 --> 00:06:44,036 We become we don't even want people to come into our homes unannounced 143 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,606 like they used to before. Yeah, exactly. 144 00:06:46,606 --> 00:06:47,407 We protect that. 145 00:06:47,407 --> 00:06:51,277 And a lot of our entertainment comes from TV 146 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:54,013 or reading or listening and watching podcasts like this one. 147 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:56,682 Whatever. It may be self-serving, I know right there. But seriously. 148 00:06:56,682 --> 00:07:00,453 And you're able to help them get what they want more for less. 149 00:07:01,187 --> 00:07:01,554 Yeah. 150 00:07:01,554 --> 00:07:02,688 And, you know, it's interesting 151 00:07:02,688 --> 00:07:05,691 that you mentioned that a lot of I think most of our, 152 00:07:06,225 --> 00:07:06,859 you know, 153 00:07:06,859 --> 00:07:10,396 climate here now is been very introverted, you know, people that were more outgoing 154 00:07:10,396 --> 00:07:13,399 after Covid, after being home so much have gotten introverted. 155 00:07:13,599 --> 00:07:16,402 Your typical computer person, let's face it, is a nerd. 156 00:07:16,402 --> 00:07:18,571 They're not introverted person. 157 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:20,139 But there are exceptions to the rule 158 00:07:21,207 --> 00:07:22,508 right here. 159 00:07:22,508 --> 00:07:25,778 You know, I really enjoy my favorite part of the service call is. 160 00:07:26,045 --> 00:07:29,549 And the most rewarding part is talking with the customer and seeing the value 161 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:32,218 in not just fixing something and trying to hide in the corner, 162 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:36,055 but really like embracing it and seeing what other issues they have 163 00:07:36,422 --> 00:07:39,992 that they might be think is a small issue or is an unimportant issue. 164 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:42,762 But it's something, you know, people know they can rely on me. 165 00:07:42,762 --> 00:07:44,730 And I've, really enjoyed 166 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:47,867 getting involved in the community through different organizations. 167 00:07:48,601 --> 00:07:53,005 I saw that, you know, getting involved on a board and no bigger 168 00:07:53,005 --> 00:07:56,008 local community has so much value not only for your business, 169 00:07:56,209 --> 00:07:59,812 but also personally to really kind of feel like more at home. 170 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:01,948 And, it took me 15 years 171 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:05,718 living in Guilford before I really have now consider it my home. 172 00:08:05,718 --> 00:08:09,856 I really, you know, consider myself a part of Guilford now where I, 173 00:08:09,956 --> 00:08:11,791 you know, I always just felt like before I, 174 00:08:11,791 --> 00:08:14,260 I work there, but I didn't contribute anything to the. 175 00:08:14,260 --> 00:08:17,129 The great thing is you live in Guilford, but you're what you're sharing 176 00:08:17,129 --> 00:08:20,233 with us is on a national and global you know, basis. 177 00:08:20,233 --> 00:08:22,902 You can help so many people outside of our area with this. 178 00:08:22,902 --> 00:08:23,469 And I like that. 179 00:08:23,469 --> 00:08:24,103 And I get the feeling 180 00:08:24,103 --> 00:08:27,206 I mean, Joyce and I've been talking you, you know, a little bit about everything. 181 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,443 So when you come into people's homes, you're easily likable. 182 00:08:30,543 --> 00:08:32,378 And we were talking about some banking stuff. 183 00:08:32,378 --> 00:08:35,081 You gave us some, you know, recommendations about that. 184 00:08:35,081 --> 00:08:36,349 I think people are going to get 185 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:39,352 so much value from you outside of what you do, a tech fix. 186 00:08:39,685 --> 00:08:40,319 It's very true. 187 00:08:40,319 --> 00:08:44,757 And I it's funny you mentioned that I had a manager, at my previous job 188 00:08:44,757 --> 00:08:48,060 where he brought me aside one day and he said, you know, Matthew, 189 00:08:49,295 --> 00:08:51,464 I saw you interact with a customer and you were talking about, like, 190 00:08:51,464 --> 00:08:54,300 a restaurant. 191 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,235 And once I explained about, like, building. 192 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:58,070 Yes, yes, yes. 193 00:08:58,070 --> 00:08:59,338 He said, oh, that's why that. 194 00:08:59,338 --> 00:09:01,307 Okay, that woman called to to say, you know, 195 00:09:01,307 --> 00:09:03,576 what was the name of that restaurant, but I understand. 196 00:09:03,576 --> 00:09:04,377 Right? Right. 197 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:05,411 Yeah. 198 00:09:05,411 --> 00:09:08,147 To their level, not everyone likes, you know, technology 199 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:10,816 and they're, they're it's like, going to the dentist. 200 00:09:10,816 --> 00:09:13,786 Oh yeah. So I, you know, I like that. 201 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:14,287 I like to, 202 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:16,188 you know, leave that with some value of things 203 00:09:16,188 --> 00:09:19,191 that I have learned and what I, you know, appreciate doing. 204 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:19,592 Yeah. 205 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:23,329 I just to address you brought up a really good point about 206 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:28,200 it's not just living like where we are right now, but globally 207 00:09:28,534 --> 00:09:31,470 people wherever you're living join, 208 00:09:32,738 --> 00:09:35,741 their local chamber, join their local whatever, 209 00:09:35,908 --> 00:09:38,878 Rotary Club of the community. 210 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:41,480 Yeah. I'm glad you brought that up. 211 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,483 The Rotary Club is is an amazing organization. 212 00:09:44,817 --> 00:09:47,720 That before joining a year ago, I didn't know anything about. 213 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:52,525 And once I learned how much great fundraising and the whole service of self. 214 00:09:53,025 --> 00:09:54,327 It's amazing. 215 00:09:54,327 --> 00:09:58,664 You know, just here locally, someone started a fund called a care for 216 00:09:58,664 --> 00:10:04,837 Uganda that's now an international rotary fund that builds wells in Uganda. 217 00:10:04,837 --> 00:10:06,806 And they're up to, I think, about 60 or 70. 218 00:10:06,806 --> 00:10:09,275 Wow. Fabulous gets you. 219 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:10,743 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 220 00:10:10,743 --> 00:10:13,379 You get to actually meet the people from Uganda. 221 00:10:13,379 --> 00:10:16,282 And hear the story of how there before this. 222 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:19,685 Well, was built, they were traveling 15 miles a day by foot. 223 00:10:22,588 --> 00:10:24,390 And it's just amazing. 224 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:28,227 There's also a national campaign right now called Warm Our Children. 225 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:33,232 And the idea there is we get donations and then we buy, we take 226 00:10:33,232 --> 00:10:37,169 families shopping for warm clothing at a local, store, department store. 227 00:10:37,169 --> 00:10:40,373 And then they sometimes contribute back to us as well. 228 00:10:40,373 --> 00:10:41,774 So we are more against as well 229 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:44,877 being a member of rotary myself for many, many years, I know that 230 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:47,847 Rotary International really helped wipe out polio, right. 231 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:50,049 You know, they they contributed a lot to that. 232 00:10:50,049 --> 00:10:51,951 And also trips down to Haiti 233 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:54,587 to help them with their wells and among other things too. 234 00:10:54,587 --> 00:10:58,391 So it's a great organization, and I just love the fact that you're so well-rounded, 235 00:10:58,724 --> 00:11:02,328 not just in a limited space, but you're out there 236 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:05,431 networking, you're involved in the community, and that speaks volumes. 237 00:11:05,564 --> 00:11:07,767 But it's also great for business. 238 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:08,367 It is. Yeah. 239 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:11,704 And you know, I really like the idea of networking as a business. 240 00:11:12,772 --> 00:11:15,274 The chamber is a great source of that. 241 00:11:15,274 --> 00:11:17,410 You know, learning how to be part of the chamber 242 00:11:17,410 --> 00:11:20,312 and how to interact with other businesses is really important. 243 00:11:20,312 --> 00:11:22,882 But also networking with fellow business owners. 244 00:11:22,882 --> 00:11:26,886 You know, that's a great way to kind of be able to comfortably, 245 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:29,889 you know, pass leads between you when you know the person. 246 00:11:30,089 --> 00:11:32,458 So it's sometimes people just email and stuff, 247 00:11:32,458 --> 00:11:34,827 but I like to, you know, if there's some, interest. 248 00:11:34,827 --> 00:11:36,595 Let's go and sit down and have some coffee. 249 00:11:36,595 --> 00:11:39,165 Let's do something where we're really interacting. 250 00:11:39,165 --> 00:11:40,700 And learning about each other's businesses. 251 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:42,234 So we can then refer 252 00:11:42,234 --> 00:11:43,769 and it helps establish 253 00:11:43,769 --> 00:11:46,706 you in the community when you could say someone's talking about banking. 254 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:49,709 Oh you know talk to my banker or my attorney. Yes. 255 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:50,676 As an alternative. 256 00:11:50,676 --> 00:11:52,912 So you're not just dealing with one person. 257 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:53,713 You can get some, 258 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,982 you know, different options and see what what fits you the best. Yep. 259 00:11:57,917 --> 00:12:02,788 You know, I wanted to ask you that Christmas is around the corner. And 260 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:05,891 people are buying computers. 261 00:12:05,891 --> 00:12:08,894 So I happen to know someone even 262 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:12,398 younger than me who I realized, 263 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:16,135 he's always buying a computer from Walmart. 264 00:12:16,268 --> 00:12:21,774 You know, a couple hundred dollars laptop and then throws it out like a year. 265 00:12:23,576 --> 00:12:25,111 I mean, so what's going on? 266 00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:26,545 Why are you doing that? 267 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:30,249 He said, I don't know, I can't maneuver on I catch all these viruses. 268 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:32,718 There's a virus protection on it. 269 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:37,690 You just not I trust that I'm getting these ads and I just never click on them. 270 00:12:37,690 --> 00:12:40,693 I said, I think you've been needing virus protection. 271 00:12:40,860 --> 00:12:44,396 So my question to you is when people are shopping this year, 272 00:12:44,396 --> 00:12:47,399 whether it's for a child or a parent, 273 00:12:47,466 --> 00:12:51,904 like what would you recommend if they start with too? 274 00:12:51,904 --> 00:12:53,672 Great, a great question. 275 00:12:53,672 --> 00:12:55,741 You know, it depends on what they're looking to do. 276 00:12:55,741 --> 00:12:59,578 A lot of people are can do everything in their lives with a tablet 277 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:01,647 instead of a full computer. 278 00:13:01,647 --> 00:13:03,315 There's more controls there. 279 00:13:03,315 --> 00:13:07,486 You know, they have tablets geared towards children or elderly folks as well. 280 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:09,188 There's even desktops. 281 00:13:09,188 --> 00:13:10,756 There's one called the Wow computer. 282 00:13:10,756 --> 00:13:13,459 That's very, easy to use. 283 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:15,728 Yeah. It's just basically like weather stocks. 284 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:19,832 It's very controlled experience because unfortunately, the internet, 285 00:13:19,832 --> 00:13:23,035 you know, unfortunately and unfortunately, the internet is worldwide. 286 00:13:23,035 --> 00:13:27,540 And, a lot of these bad actors will, you know, call people assisted 287 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,976 living facilities or things like that and try to scam people with, 288 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:34,547 computer viruses, Medicare scams, all these things. 289 00:13:34,547 --> 00:13:34,847 Yeah. 290 00:13:34,847 --> 00:13:37,783 And so when it's when it can be more controlled, that's great. 291 00:13:37,783 --> 00:13:42,121 There's also if they have a son or daughter that can help out, there are 292 00:13:42,154 --> 00:13:46,592 you can even be part of someone's TV or cell phone or computer and be there. 293 00:13:46,592 --> 00:13:49,962 And that is something that's set up for people where typically 294 00:13:49,962 --> 00:13:52,698 it was for like working at home or schooling at home. 295 00:13:52,698 --> 00:13:55,768 But it can also be to help, your friend or family member, 296 00:13:55,935 --> 00:13:58,938 you know, can control the experience, make sure they're safe online. 297 00:13:59,672 --> 00:14:03,108 There's a lot of scams where they can even, like, spoof your voice now, 298 00:14:03,776 --> 00:14:04,476 and all these things. 299 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:08,047 So you have to be, it's important to make sure you have help when you need it. 300 00:14:08,781 --> 00:14:11,217 In about, like, 60 to 90s. 301 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:13,652 You know, describe a little bit about what you do. 302 00:14:13,652 --> 00:14:16,255 Maybe somebody just tuning in the scope of John and Joyce right now. 303 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:18,724 What makes you different from everybody else? 304 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:20,793 You're doing your little pitch here. 305 00:14:20,793 --> 00:14:22,862 You're in a networking group right now. 306 00:14:22,862 --> 00:14:25,464 Again, somebody is tuning in right now. I like this guy. 307 00:14:25,464 --> 00:14:28,767 But what makes him really different outside of the wonderful personality 308 00:14:28,767 --> 00:14:29,902 he has right now? 309 00:14:29,902 --> 00:14:33,272 So what makes me different is, I'm a social entrepreneur, 310 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:37,977 and I have access to the same cybersecurity platforms and knowledge. 311 00:14:37,977 --> 00:14:42,381 After doing this for 25 years that a larger company would have. 312 00:14:42,648 --> 00:14:46,318 So, you know, in the industry, whether you're a social entrepreneur 313 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:49,922 or you have 25 or 50 employees, the company, the computer companies 314 00:14:49,922 --> 00:14:53,959 are going to sell you the same thing, same, and could be very prohibitive. 315 00:14:53,959 --> 00:14:58,864 So a lot of your five and under employee account companies just avoid cybersecurity 316 00:14:59,064 --> 00:15:01,133 because they're scared of it. Right. 317 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:02,902 So I price mine the same. 318 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:05,838 And I really geared towards the small small business. 319 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:07,539 I want to know I wrong by name. 320 00:15:07,539 --> 00:15:08,474 I want to come out. 321 00:15:08,474 --> 00:15:11,176 Most companies do everything they can to not 322 00:15:12,845 --> 00:15:15,014 you know that was like in a previous company. 323 00:15:15,014 --> 00:15:16,081 You you were at before I remember 324 00:15:16,081 --> 00:15:18,684 you said that nobody wanted to go out, so you said, I'll go out. 325 00:15:18,684 --> 00:15:20,753 Yeah, but you can get a commission, I don't care. 326 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:22,454 You go out anyway. Matt. 327 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:25,357 That's the wow, I love I love helping 328 00:15:25,357 --> 00:15:28,360 because it's, you know, you feel so good. 329 00:15:28,727 --> 00:15:30,195 You know, help people 330 00:15:30,195 --> 00:15:33,832 make sounds or seem simple at first, but now you're connecting them 331 00:15:33,999 --> 00:15:37,036 to the whole world of the internet or to their son or daughter. Yes. 332 00:15:38,037 --> 00:15:40,706 Or fixing an issue that has bothered them for so long. 333 00:15:40,706 --> 00:15:41,473 Right. 334 00:15:41,473 --> 00:15:44,810 And and fix it for them, which is amazing because I know, Joyce, 335 00:15:44,843 --> 00:15:45,411 when we talk about 336 00:15:45,411 --> 00:15:47,713 I freak out when something happens to my computer's eye 337 00:15:47,713 --> 00:15:49,915 and you think right away dollars and cents. 338 00:15:49,915 --> 00:15:51,717 It's like when something happens to your car 339 00:15:51,717 --> 00:15:54,787 or the furnace is gone, or the plumbing, you think right away. 340 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:57,156 Worst possible scenario, human nature. 341 00:15:57,156 --> 00:16:00,159 But I get the feeling you're one of the people to kind of like, 342 00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:03,028 dissuade that feeling, you know? 343 00:16:03,028 --> 00:16:03,329 You know, 344 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:07,266 the typical stereotype of a computer person goes back to Saturday Night Live. 345 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:09,568 Right. 346 00:16:09,568 --> 00:16:10,436 Right. 347 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:11,103 Yeah. 348 00:16:11,103 --> 00:16:13,706 And I'm very cognizant of that's what people expect. 349 00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:16,709 And so I try, you know, and I'm just actually 350 00:16:16,842 --> 00:16:20,346 not like that, but try to just explain and make them comfortable. 351 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,547 And that's why I talk about 352 00:16:21,547 --> 00:16:23,248 whether it be sports or, 353 00:16:23,248 --> 00:16:26,251 you know, common thing like food, that kind of creates a glue 354 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:30,389 for them, comfortable and help them and, and not, you know, bash them. 355 00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:31,590 A lot of people will say, 356 00:16:31,590 --> 00:16:34,827 oh, this is such a stupid thing, or I'm so this or that and I'm like, that. 357 00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:37,196 You're really not. I mean, you literally you're doing more. 358 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:40,132 A lot of people don't realize how much they're doing, 359 00:16:40,132 --> 00:16:43,669 local church organization or something, and they're doing all from their computer 360 00:16:43,669 --> 00:16:46,171 and doing newsletters and fund drives, and they 361 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:48,040 they just kind of assume, oh, that's just natural 362 00:16:48,040 --> 00:16:50,109 where a lot of their neighbors wouldn't even know how to do that. 363 00:16:51,176 --> 00:16:52,411 It's an amazing thing. 364 00:16:52,411 --> 00:16:54,013 Yeah. 365 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,115 So do people bring their computers to you 366 00:16:56,115 --> 00:16:59,184 or do you mostly go to them and mostly go to them. 367 00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:02,688 I find it's better in the space that they're using it. 368 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:06,525 I can talk about their everything at the house and a lot of times 369 00:17:06,525 --> 00:17:09,261 help them with the utilities as we're talking about. 370 00:17:09,261 --> 00:17:13,399 And but I also have an office that sometimes folks like to visit me at, 371 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,003 with my small businesses, it's almost always at their location. 372 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:20,005 Residential. It's kind of a mix. 373 00:17:20,005 --> 00:17:22,408 And I also do remote. So, I've even helped. 374 00:17:22,408 --> 00:17:25,110 So yes, you just get into the computer and take a look. Exactly. 375 00:17:25,110 --> 00:17:28,113 I felt all around the world a few months back helped my, 376 00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:31,316 in-laws in Thailand. Wow. 377 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:32,985 They were like, this computer must be possessed. 378 00:17:34,753 --> 00:17:36,688 That's a lot of fun to watch. 379 00:17:36,688 --> 00:17:37,656 But it was great. 380 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:40,826 And it was so great that I could help them just from sitting at my computer. 381 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:43,829 And I could help, you know, fix their issues remotely. 382 00:17:43,896 --> 00:17:44,196 Yeah. 383 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:46,265 Is there any kind of a situation that you've come upon 384 00:17:46,265 --> 00:17:48,233 where it's been like, oh, this is unique. 385 00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:50,402 I haven't seen this before. 386 00:17:50,402 --> 00:17:51,303 Have quite a lot. 387 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:54,106 Really? Yeah, it happens a lot with a lot of this. 388 00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:56,175 Like these, this hacking. 389 00:17:56,175 --> 00:17:57,476 These people are so brilliant. 390 00:17:57,476 --> 00:18:00,679 But they use it for the wrong purposes, the wrong intent. 391 00:18:00,679 --> 00:18:04,216 If only they use their good, their ingenuity for good. 392 00:18:04,216 --> 00:18:04,616 Right? 393 00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:05,551 Yes, yes. 394 00:18:05,551 --> 00:18:07,419 And, you know, it's 395 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:10,422 there's all different variants of the scans, there's different computers. 396 00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:13,058 A lot of times it comes down to what's important. 397 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:15,761 Very much to me is is it cost effective. 398 00:18:16,728 --> 00:18:19,031 I always analyze that even on the phone call. 399 00:18:19,031 --> 00:18:22,267 When they call I'm going to ask questions like how old is the dictator 400 00:18:22,267 --> 00:18:22,935 and things like that. 401 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,136 Because I don't want them 402 00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:27,139 to go to the typical thing where they go to a retail store, 403 00:18:27,206 --> 00:18:29,141 they drop off their computer a few days later, 404 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:31,810 they call them and say this price, and they go back and forth. 405 00:18:31,810 --> 00:18:34,313 Yeah, understand that. They pick it up. Nothing's done. 406 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:37,082 I want to, you know, analyze and let them know, is it worth it? 407 00:18:37,082 --> 00:18:38,884 Or maybe this is a better option 408 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:41,553 and really explain, like how much time they're going to get with it 409 00:18:41,553 --> 00:18:45,591 and give them a full synopsis of it instead of just charging them a fee? 410 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:45,824 Just. 411 00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:46,792 Yeah, 412 00:18:46,792 --> 00:18:47,893 I get the sense you look at people 413 00:18:47,893 --> 00:18:50,295 and you look at people as people, not dollar signs. 414 00:18:50,295 --> 00:18:51,697 And if you can help them, you let them know. 415 00:18:51,697 --> 00:18:53,465 And if you can't, you let them know. I'm sure to. 416 00:18:53,465 --> 00:18:57,169 Yeah, I qualify every purchase, you know, to make sure it's the right thing. 417 00:18:57,169 --> 00:19:00,405 I'm not just going to sell a computer to someone in the picture to they have. 418 00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:02,774 Yeah, right. They. 419 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:04,977 So you you do sell computers? 420 00:19:04,977 --> 00:19:07,779 I do, I sell computers, all pretty much 421 00:19:07,779 --> 00:19:11,083 all technology from smartphones to computers. 422 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:15,387 Also upgrades, to the existing computers that people have. 423 00:19:16,188 --> 00:19:17,523 I also build websites. 424 00:19:19,591 --> 00:19:21,894 As well as I work on all mobile devices, screen 425 00:19:21,894 --> 00:19:25,464 repairs and, battery replacements and things like that. 426 00:19:25,864 --> 00:19:26,865 Yeah. My my phone. 427 00:19:26,865 --> 00:19:28,467 I'm dropping my phone all the time. 428 00:19:28,467 --> 00:19:31,603 It's got so many cracks at it, you know, crazy. 429 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,238 But you have MacBooks too, right? 430 00:19:33,238 --> 00:19:35,807 Yeah, that's actually my preference. Is Apple. 431 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:36,909 Yeah. Me too. Me too. 432 00:19:36,909 --> 00:19:39,912 I'm brand agnostic as, 433 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:40,946 an apple. 434 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:43,515 I think there's more of a finished product. Yeah, with my DJ business. 435 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:44,416 I love the Macs. 436 00:19:44,416 --> 00:19:46,618 Yeah, it's all about creativity. 437 00:19:46,618 --> 00:19:49,354 I know I made friends with the with Apple. 438 00:19:49,354 --> 00:19:52,324 No no I, I got an Apple phone and I just. 439 00:19:52,324 --> 00:19:53,091 Yeah. No. 440 00:19:53,091 --> 00:19:56,094 Give me back my droid. Really. 441 00:19:56,528 --> 00:19:58,030 Yeah. 442 00:19:58,030 --> 00:20:01,166 It depends on you know your, your personality what works best for you. 443 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:03,602 And if that's working well for you right. Why not. 444 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:03,936 Yeah. 445 00:20:03,936 --> 00:20:05,404 It's all about the ecosystem you know. 446 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:07,239 And Android is based on Google. 447 00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:11,677 And so like a Google tablet would be a great addition to that versus an iPad. 448 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:13,445 I am thinking of getting a tablet. 449 00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:15,714 So the Google tablet. Yeah. 450 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:19,451 The the way that Google syncs between the tablet and the phone is incredible. 451 00:20:19,451 --> 00:20:22,154 I mean, you can make phone calls from either one. 452 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,188 Everything carries over. 453 00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:25,524 So you're not having to like redo work. 454 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:27,793 They have a really good program the way that they are. 455 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:28,827 They lighter now 456 00:20:28,827 --> 00:20:33,465 because I had one a while ago and it was it was heavy, a lighter of times. 457 00:20:33,465 --> 00:20:36,768 It comes down to the case also a lot of these cases, the like, 458 00:20:36,768 --> 00:20:39,771 the more substantial ones that had a lot of weight to it, you know, 459 00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:40,973 from breaking to. 460 00:20:40,973 --> 00:20:43,108 So I think back to the old technology. 461 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:46,178 Remember the bag phones, you know, I have the bag phone, the cell phones 462 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:48,080 they had like like the car phones that. 463 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:50,816 Yeah, I was like, you know, carrying a suitcase around it. 464 00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:53,552 Of course, you're like $150 per minute. 465 00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:54,386 Back, back. And 466 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:57,222 it was a big one. 467 00:20:57,222 --> 00:20:59,691 Yeah. We've come a long way since, haven't we? 468 00:20:59,691 --> 00:21:02,327 A long way, baby. It's interesting you brought that up. 469 00:21:02,327 --> 00:21:05,797 I was thinking back, actually, earlier today at my first service call, 470 00:21:06,265 --> 00:21:07,532 we were talking payphones. 471 00:21:07,532 --> 00:21:08,867 Oh, payphones. 472 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:13,038 A vintage rotary dial. Wow. 473 00:21:13,071 --> 00:21:16,942 I was stunned, and I said to them, I said, I gotta tell you a little story. 474 00:21:17,809 --> 00:21:20,812 Back in the payphone days, there was a way. 475 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:27,286 Oh, Bill gates, Steve Jobs have been known to do. 476 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:28,920 It was called a Red box. 477 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,425 So someone discovered through a whistle they used to given, the kids 478 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:37,663 toys or cereal, that this higher pitch of the star key 479 00:21:38,096 --> 00:21:41,066 five times made the sound of the quarter. 480 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:44,269 Wow, what a piece of trivia. 481 00:21:44,269 --> 00:21:46,204 You knew how to make one. Yeah. 482 00:21:48,006 --> 00:21:51,009 Wow. Can we do this? 483 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:53,612 That's right. 484 00:21:53,612 --> 00:21:55,047 Yeah, yeah. 485 00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:56,248 Else's bank account. 486 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,683 Well, whatever you think. You talk about the red bell. 487 00:21:57,683 --> 00:21:59,818 I think about the bat phone on Batman. 488 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:01,153 Wasn't that a red phone? 489 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,922 You know the right. You know Commissioner Gordon here. 490 00:22:03,922 --> 00:22:05,257 Favorite original show? 491 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:07,125 Yes, yes, yes. Smart. 492 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:08,794 The shoe phone. Exactly. 493 00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:10,429 I mean, think about the technology. 494 00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:12,164 They were so far ahead of their time. 495 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:16,335 When you think about Star Trek, you know, like, look at the original cell phone, 496 00:22:16,635 --> 00:22:19,204 you know, that they were talking to at the time. Roddenberry. 497 00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:22,140 Gene Roddenberry was brilliant, brilliant, absolutely brilliant. 498 00:22:22,140 --> 00:22:26,511 And for the future, you know, you're always you're like a doctor. 499 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:29,581 Computers are always going to be, you know, 500 00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:32,751 people in need of your help, that's for sure. 501 00:22:32,751 --> 00:22:35,687 And you were like, it remind me of an old fashioned doctor that 502 00:22:36,988 --> 00:22:37,456 right? 503 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,391 Yes, that is true. That's what you do. 504 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:41,326 Or they can come in. They come in. 505 00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:43,528 If not, you'll talk to them on the phone. 506 00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:44,796 You'll zoom. 507 00:22:44,796 --> 00:22:49,234 A lot of technicians also are in there, like software or hardware. 508 00:22:49,601 --> 00:22:53,939 I've always been involved, and hardware, especially people are very interested 509 00:22:53,939 --> 00:22:57,476 in when you like open up a laptop in front of them inside of it. 510 00:22:57,776 --> 00:22:59,478 It's it's really interesting to see. 511 00:22:59,478 --> 00:23:01,546 Like to me it's like not I just pop it open, whatever. 512 00:23:01,546 --> 00:23:05,684 But you know, in my not being, a like architect, 513 00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:08,353 when I had my driveway done and they came in, it was the same thing. 514 00:23:08,353 --> 00:23:09,421 It's like a doctor. 515 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:10,288 They were like a surgeon. 516 00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:12,958 They came in with this big excavator driveway. 517 00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:13,425 Yeah. 518 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:14,526 That was like my. 519 00:23:14,526 --> 00:23:15,494 You know how people think. 520 00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:17,963 They're like, how is all this thing in this little laptop? 521 00:23:17,963 --> 00:23:18,897 And I take out the hard drive? 522 00:23:18,897 --> 00:23:21,867 It's a size of a quarter and they're like that stores. 523 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:24,202 Yeah. Wow. Yeah. 524 00:23:24,202 --> 00:23:25,837 Because back in the day, you know, like with NASA. 525 00:23:25,837 --> 00:23:28,807 So you think about the computers they took up like three of these spaces, 526 00:23:28,907 --> 00:23:30,542 three of the rooms we're in right now. 527 00:23:30,542 --> 00:23:32,711 The computers are that large at the time. 528 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:34,913 Let me ask you about AI. 529 00:23:34,913 --> 00:23:36,948 Everybody's talking about what what are your thoughts about that? 530 00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:38,683 How is that going to affect what you're doing or what 531 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:41,686 we're doing with computers or anything else in the future? 532 00:23:41,686 --> 00:23:44,189 I'm a very optimistic person, by nature. 533 00:23:44,189 --> 00:23:47,159 And, that's why part of why I love the show. 534 00:23:47,392 --> 00:23:48,660 Oh, thank you. Yeah. 535 00:23:48,660 --> 00:23:51,696 And so my view is that it's it's going to help us. 536 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:56,468 It helps the so entrepreneur like myself have access to this big data tools. 537 00:23:57,235 --> 00:23:59,438 That previously had of a marketing department. 538 00:23:59,438 --> 00:24:00,405 Advertising department. 539 00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:05,544 So but at my disposal I use it I use it in a lot of my community organizations. 540 00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:07,312 It's like my personal assistant. 541 00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:10,615 So you've had a transcriber things that can take audio to text. 542 00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:10,916 That's not. 543 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:14,886 The technology I now can take that 544 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:18,790 and then actually make action plans and make next steps. 545 00:24:19,591 --> 00:24:23,061 I was on I asked a customer recently on a phone call could I try it? 546 00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:27,399 And we did it and it even had gave me a guidebook on to then. 547 00:24:27,732 --> 00:24:30,335 Wow wow. 548 00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:32,270 So that if it happened again, 549 00:24:32,270 --> 00:24:34,973 you know, and that's that would save me an hour of compiling. 550 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:36,842 And I mean, that's just incredible. 551 00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:39,311 And so I like to look at all the good parts. 552 00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,314 I mean, it will I think it does kind of change jobs. 553 00:24:42,747 --> 00:24:46,184 But as the technology gets better, I like I love how they're using it with health. 554 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:48,687 Yes. There's a new band. 555 00:24:48,687 --> 00:24:50,856 Like a it's more than a pedometer. 556 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:52,257 Yeah, yeah. 557 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:55,827 So that if something changes, it can alert you before a tragic event. 558 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:56,828 Like a heart attack. Yeah. 559 00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:59,097 So there's a lot of good that you can do. 560 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:03,335 I just wish, and I think this is going to come about where if someone's doing 561 00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:07,973 that deepfake on you or something like that, then it has to say it's on it. 562 00:25:08,807 --> 00:25:10,308 Is AI generated? 563 00:25:10,308 --> 00:25:11,176 It's true. 564 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:13,745 I think they starting to it's hard. 565 00:25:13,745 --> 00:25:17,749 There another part that isn't as good also is on social media. 566 00:25:18,817 --> 00:25:19,518 My view, probably 567 00:25:19,518 --> 00:25:23,355 50% of now what I see is what's called AI slop. 568 00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:26,224 So it's clearly AI generated. 569 00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:28,460 Not true at all. 570 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:30,829 But it's in the way and you have to kind of scroll through. 571 00:25:30,829 --> 00:25:34,666 It used to be just ads, which don't bother me, but this is like it's annoying. 572 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:38,870 And that there's a huge uptick in that, which, 573 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,438 hopefully they can kind of weed out. 574 00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:43,408 I think using it for creative things like art or music isn't a right, 575 00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:48,246 but using it to help level like level you up is great. Yes. 576 00:25:48,947 --> 00:25:50,949 I think about being in the music business right now. 577 00:25:50,949 --> 00:25:54,386 There's, an artist that has the number one country song 578 00:25:54,786 --> 00:25:57,789 in the nation on iTunes, and it's an AI. 579 00:25:58,356 --> 00:26:01,259 It's not a real person like in the top five. 580 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:03,728 I think he's got two songs in the top five right now. 581 00:26:03,728 --> 00:26:05,397 The name escapes me at the moment. 582 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:07,632 Brendan Russell or something of that nature. 583 00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:08,400 It's really good. 584 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,770 Yeah, I was, I was listening to it, I wasn't, I wasn't watching 585 00:26:12,237 --> 00:26:13,071 and I was listening to it. 586 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:15,240 I downloaded it because I really liked the song. 587 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,841 And then I heard something else, and I like that 588 00:26:16,841 --> 00:26:18,643 Breaking Rust or something like that. 589 00:26:18,643 --> 00:26:21,479 And I think it was country band sound great. 590 00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:24,482 So the number one country song in the USA, as of the time of this 591 00:26:24,482 --> 00:26:27,485 recording, was an AI song. 592 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:30,555 And that's kind of scary. 593 00:26:30,555 --> 00:26:32,757 Well, you had Milli Vanilli back in the day, right? But, 594 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:36,061 there's also, 595 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:39,364 recently we used a we had a so the rotary, a membership 596 00:26:39,364 --> 00:26:43,168 drives, document that, had been added to over the years. 597 00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:44,970 We're trying to get it more interesting. 598 00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:49,174 So there was an I that we put it through that actually made it into a podcast. 599 00:26:49,841 --> 00:26:52,844 So it was a typical radio show, people calling in, 600 00:26:53,044 --> 00:26:56,047 trying to put me out of business here. 601 00:26:56,514 --> 00:26:57,248 That's right. We are. 602 00:26:57,248 --> 00:26:57,682 That's right. 603 00:26:57,682 --> 00:26:58,316 Yeah. 604 00:26:58,316 --> 00:27:01,286 One zinger that I'll always remember from it, and it's 605 00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:03,788 fine is how great this. 606 00:27:03,788 --> 00:27:06,191 But it said, you know, because the rotary has changed quite a bit. 607 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:07,058 It's all service now. 608 00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:09,995 It used to be a little different is, you know, this isn't your grandfather's. 609 00:27:09,995 --> 00:27:10,462 Right? 610 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,229 Right? Right. 611 00:27:11,229 --> 00:27:13,965 Yeah. Like, how did it get that? Was it in our paper. 612 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:14,766 Yeah. Yeah. 613 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:18,503 So it is, it's it's very I think a lot of people learn differently. 614 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:20,672 Some people learn visually by audio. 615 00:27:21,773 --> 00:27:24,776 So I think it can help with education also, which is, 616 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:25,677 you know, it's starting to. 617 00:27:25,677 --> 00:27:28,647 But I think that that's something that I think should be done more. 618 00:27:28,747 --> 00:27:31,182 Yeah. I like you want to embrace to take a positive look at the two. 619 00:27:31,182 --> 00:27:34,519 There's always going to be some, you know, little bugs to work out. 620 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:37,589 But you think about, you know, video Kill the Radio Star. 621 00:27:37,589 --> 00:27:41,192 That song you know, back in 1980, many people thought video 622 00:27:41,192 --> 00:27:45,330 was going to kill those of us in the radio business, you know, 45 years ago. 623 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:47,499 But it only helped us prosper even more. 624 00:27:47,499 --> 00:27:48,800 It did just the opposite. 625 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,869 So I think rather than fear it, 626 00:27:50,869 --> 00:27:54,572 I like to take the the kind of tack you do being an optimist. 627 00:27:54,739 --> 00:27:56,975 I want to embrace it. Yeah. 628 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:59,144 So how will people reach you? 629 00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:02,747 I wait, we do have it on the, you know, on the. 630 00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:06,051 And thank you for being a sponsor tech fix. 631 00:28:06,051 --> 00:28:06,685 Yeah, absolutely. 632 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:09,688 So again, Matthew Rader Tactics LLC, 633 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:12,924 the phone number and you can reach me directly. 203 634 00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:16,861 and as well as the website Tech Fact. 635 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:18,530 Yeah. Go find do. Yeah, yeah. 636 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:19,731 It is written on there. 637 00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:23,668 So and you're available like you check. 638 00:28:23,668 --> 00:28:26,371 Well they can give you a message seven days a week I would imagine. 639 00:28:26,371 --> 00:28:29,674 Yeah. And that's at (203) 343-2299. 640 00:28:30,008 --> 00:28:32,177 Perfect text phone call. 641 00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:35,146 You know, I am someone that still loves talking on the phone. 642 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:36,181 Yeah. 643 00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:38,983 Amen. 644 00:28:38,983 --> 00:28:42,120 That she can't because they're afraid to talk on the phone. 645 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:45,090 I know I feel bad sometimes for that. 646 00:28:45,090 --> 00:28:47,125 Yeah, yeah, we have to get over that. 647 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:47,959 We need to. 648 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:50,261 And I think people do want that, because even in my, my, 649 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:54,165 my commercials for my business on radio, I put my cell phone number there 650 00:28:54,365 --> 00:28:56,334 so you can contact me on the website. 651 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:59,404 But if you prefer to talk to me directly, I love to chat with you. 652 00:28:59,437 --> 00:29:00,839 203 blah blah blah. 653 00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:05,110 People love it because we're missing that we've become kind of an impersonal world. 654 00:29:05,110 --> 00:29:08,113 And I think even the younger generation, a lot of them 655 00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:12,283 seem to be a little bit more old school, and they like that way of communicating. 656 00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:13,618 Yeah. 657 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:16,254 When I get a letter in the mail, like a thank you letter. 658 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,555 Oh my goodness. 659 00:29:17,555 --> 00:29:20,191 So far, I mean that I put it on my wall in a frame. 660 00:29:20,191 --> 00:29:22,193 It, it just you don't see that much. 661 00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:23,495 Yeah. My wife and I said the same thing. 662 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:26,698 The first thing I go to when I go to the mailbox is a handwritten letter. 663 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:28,266 I know it's not a bill. 664 00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:30,735 And if it's a nice thank you note, I save it forever. 665 00:29:30,735 --> 00:29:31,102 Yeah, 666 00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:33,271 well, thank you so 667 00:29:33,271 --> 00:29:36,274 much there, Matt, for being a sponsor, being a guest. 668 00:29:36,407 --> 00:29:39,177 I think there was a lot I know there was a lot of wisdom there. 669 00:29:39,177 --> 00:29:41,679 And thank you for tuning in to what's good with John and Joyce. 670 00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:43,114 We're very grateful for you tuning in. 671 00:29:43,114 --> 00:29:45,884 Please tell a friend about us. We're a soft place to land. 672 00:29:45,884 --> 00:29:48,019 No negativity, no politics. 673 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:49,420 30 minutes each week. 674 00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:53,725 Hopefully it's going to leave you with a smile, some inspiration, warts and all. 675 00:29:53,725 --> 00:29:56,394 We're here 676 00:29:56,394 --> 00:29:58,029 and some knowledge was good. 677 00:29:58,029 --> 00:29:58,797 Was John and Joyce. 678 00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,533 You can see us and all the streaming platforms will listen to us, 679 00:30:01,533 --> 00:30:04,135 but if you can subscribe for free on YouTube, 680 00:30:04,135 --> 00:30:06,638 we'd really appreciate that and share it with somebody you know and love. 681 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:08,039 We love you so much. 682 00:30:08,039 --> 00:30:10,175 Take it. Lots of love. Bye. 683 00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,843 Hey, I heard you got engaged. 684 00:30:11,843 --> 00:30:12,977 Congratulations. 685 00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:14,846 Now it's time to book the DJ. 686 00:30:14,846 --> 00:30:15,814 And that's where we come in. 687 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:18,449 Hi, I'm John Cadillac, Seville with John Seville entertainment. 688 00:30:18,449 --> 00:30:21,820 Wedding wire and the knot 2026 Couples Choice Awards winner. 689 00:30:21,820 --> 00:30:23,254 You can call me directly if you'd like it. 690 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:25,590 (200) 398-8065 eight. 691 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:29,093 We'll set up your free consultation or go to John cashman.com. 692 00:30:29,093 --> 00:30:33,565 That's (203) 988-0658 or John cashman.com. 693 00:30:33,565 --> 00:30:36,768 We offer excellent peace of mind and a great time 694 00:30:36,768 --> 00:30:40,772 for all John Seville Entertainment a name you know and can trust.