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"A gentle keyboardside manner" is a term one of John's clients used to describe his gift for setting people at ease as he performs his work.

John has great people skills. He relates to others well and his clients often praise his ability to communicate in a clear way.

It's natural to imagine a closed-off, anti-social and condescending geek when you think of a computer expert. That's the way many computer people are.

John Herold is different. He's a human first, technician second - who can relate to all kinds of people.

Anyone who's used a computer knows that computers frequently don't perform as expected. This can be enormously frustrating. John has spent thousands of hours confronting that very frustration you feel when your computer pulls a fast one and stops doing what you want it to do.

He can navigate and understand virtually any problem you will encounter on a computer or tablet. Whether it's hardware, software, or even your own skills that need a little help, his services can be very useful: He will help you use your technology to its full potential with as few annoyances as possible.

Losing information is a scary experience!

John is well-versed in several different data recovery techniques and can help retrieve lost files from the hard drive inside your Windows PC or Mac. John owns specialized software and very useful equipment to maximize his chances of getting your valuable information back for you.

John also recovers data from commonly used programs like Outlook and Quickbooks. He can also recover music from your portable music player.

John's technical skills span across all gadgets and operating systems. Even when confronted with a device or program he's never used, John's two decades of experience allow him to learn very quickly.

What we consider a "computer" is changing rapidly with the proliferation of smartphones and tablets. Although they differ from PCs in some ways, they are still computers and use software written by human hands. Tablets are considerably more reliable and easy to use than a PC, but there will still be times where you need help.

There used to be a time that your information was actually stored inside your computer. Imagine that!

Today more and more of what we do involves computers in unknown, far-away locations. Information is often not contained inside your computer, but is instead located online. This is what "cloud computing" is all about.

Cloud-based transactions (like Apple's voice activation service Siri) happen so quickly, you might not even know there are other computers involved. That's how far we've come.

John has been working with cloud based services from the beginning.

John has been using computers for a long time, but is also an artist and musician. He has a college degree in Studio Art with an emphasis in ceramics. He uses his artistic sensibilities and creative skills in his computer work. Take a look at his website design services.