Computer Skill Sets
PC and Macintosh Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repair.
Installation and Maintenance of Operating Systems and Programs.
Operating Systems Experience
- PC: Windows, DOS, Linux (Ubuntu and others), BeOS, OS/2, and QNX
- Mac: Mac OS, Mac OS X, BeOS, and Linux (Debian and YDL)
- iPhone: iOS
Internet Programs Experience
- Web browsers: Chrome, Mozilla, Netscape, FireFox, Internet Explorer, iCab, Safari, etc.
- FTP clients: CoreFTP, FileZilla, RBrowser Lite, WS_FTP, etc.
- Blogging software: MovableType, WordPress, etc.
- Command line programs: Apache, FTP, MySQL, SSH, Telnet, etc.
- Web design: CSS, HTML, PHP, etc.
- Server software: Web, FTP, SAMBA, etc.
Office / Productivity Programs Experience
- Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Microsoft Project, WordPerfect, OpenOffice, and Appleworks
- Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat Professional, GoLive, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop)
Science Programs Experience
- Chemistry: Cambridge ChemOffice (ChemDraw, Chem3D, etc.) and ACD Labs Chemistry Suite
- Data analysis: Excel, Igor Pro, Origin, and PhotoChemCAD
- Image analysis: ImageJ
- Information & reference searching: SciFinder, SciFinder Scholar, Beilstein Commander, and Internet search engines
- Molecular modeling and computation: Spartan, Titan, and Gaussian ’03
Utility Programs Experience
- PC’s: Anti-virus protection and spyware removal software, Norton Utilites, Partition Magic, etc.
- Mac’s: Norton Anti-Virus & Utilities, DiskWarrior, Disk Copy, Disk/Drive Utility, etc.
Hardware Component and Peripherals Experience
- Cases, power supplies (AT, ATX), fans, and external enclosures (IDE, SCSI)
- CPUs, mainboards/motherboards, and RAM
- Interface/storage controllers: PCI to IDE, SCSI, USB, and Firewire
- Input devices: keyboards, mice, pen/drawing tablets, and scanners (SCSI, USB)
- Modems and network interface cards: PCMCIA, PCI, and USB
- Output devices: monitors, printers, sound cards, and speakers
- Storage devices: floppy drives, hard drives (IDE, SATA, SCSI), solid state drives (SSD) (SATA), CD-ROM drives (IDE, SCSI), CD-RW recorders (IDE), DVD-ROM drives (IDE, SATA), DVD+/-RW recorders (IDE, USB, Firewire), ZIP 100/250 drives (IDE, USB), and USB flash/thumb drives
Networking Experience
- Wired and wireless network installation and maintenance
- Network configuration in a variety of operating systems: Linux, Macintosh, and Windows
- Network devices: EISA, ISA, PC Card, PCI, and USB network interface adapters; hubs, print servers, routers, and switches; antennae; ethernet cables and connectors
- WEP and WPA/WPA2 security measures