About
The business is registered as Affordable Computer Services Ltd, which, as a whole, is difficult to use for a website title, so I started using GEEKME after I secured the number plate and the domain geekme.co.nz. The domain name and my number plate also reflects how technology and IT in particular has changed over the last 20 years.
I started working in IT in 1997, at first for a few small businesses and a few private customers, but this expanded quickly, as it happened in those days, to larger jobs e.g. at a university and later also for some schools. But the core business remained a mix of private customers and small to medium sized businesses.
In 1998 I started training for a Microsoft Certified Professional exam, which was then followed in late 2000 by completing all 6 industrial qualifications to become a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). I still use some of those technologies I learned about, in particular, as silly as this may sound, the use of a Command Prompt in Microsoft Windows and Terminal on the APPLE OSX.
In 2007 I became a DELL Certified Technician while working on large Auckland projects that required certification, and completed a one-year online course for APPLE OSX systems. Although the Apple course felt somewhat superficial, it provided valuable documentation and materials that enabled me to successfully work on Apple systems for over 17 years, including iPhones, iPads, MacBooks, and iMacs.
Fast forward, in 2025 I now work in a mix of solutions for software and hardware problems, including cybercrime and how to secure a system. This includes also virus and malware removal. But I also work on more benign software packages, like digital imaging and of course Microsoft Office Packages, accounting software. I also support questions about AI - or Artificial Intelligence. AI won't go away, so one might as well try to understand how it can help. AI isn't all bad, but there are of course pitfalls, like there are with any new technology.
