About

About Me: Welcome to Techinch.com! I’m Matthew Guay (I also go by maguay online), and every great idea you see on this site came directly from me (the bad ideas are bugs … they just crawled in by themselves!) . I am an Information Technology student at Florida Institute of Technology’s online program, and I’m also a Bible student at Tabernacle Baptist College’s distance program. I’m a PC, technology enthusiast, pianist, and missionary in Thailand!

I began blogging at theoldestof8.wordpress.com in February 2009, and then started writing for Digital Inspiration in August 2009. In Feburary 2010, I began writing at How-To Geek, and now write there primarily. Since starting, I have written dozens of articles reviewing and explaining technology across the net. Starting out blogging at WordPress.com was a great learning experience for me, and now I have helped many people launch sites using WordPress software. However, WordPress.com itself is still rather limited, so as of January 2010 I have moved to this new blog, Techinch.com! I also have my own personal, missions-related blog at Maybring.com, which is powered by Tumblr.

I plan to offer tips and reviews at this site about tech products that I find useful, and am open to suggestions if you would like me to write a tutorial or review of a product/service that you use/want to use. I am using the new Skribit service for suggestions, so feel free to submit an article idea on the sidebar on the right. If you would like more information about me, please see my portfolio. Feel free to contact me by email at ma…@live.com (click the link to send me an email). Thanks for your interest, and please stop by again!

About this site: Techinch is, as our tagline says, dedicated to “making tech simpler … inch by inch!” Its name was inspired by the Ron Hamilton (Patch) song “Little by Little” (track #5 at this link). The chorus says:

“Little by little, inch by inch

By the yard it’s hard, by the inch, what a cinch!”

That sums up the essence of this site. Technology is too often too hard, so here at Techinch I aim to make it as easy and accessable as possible. And fun, too!

Our content has been featured in a wide variety of popular sites across the internet, including:

This site is powered by the excellent blog and CMS software, WordPress. I started out blogging with WordPress.com, and moving to the self-hosted version was very easy. This site is hosted at Mochahost, though I would like to switch to running WordPress directly on Amazon’s EC2 and S3 or Azure (big project…). Techinch uses a slightly modified theme from ElegantThemes. They offer an amazing variety of beautiful themes at a low price, and made it easy for me to get this site up and running quickly with a nice look and feel. Plus, their support both on email, Twitter, and the forums is excellent! I may experiment with new/different themes from time to time; feel free to send suggestions you may have!

Techinch is sponsored by the excellent Yoggrt Ads, as well as various affiliate links in articles, pages, and/or the sidebar (including my links for ElegantThemes, the Microsoft Store, Amazon.com, and other services and products I recommend). I always review products based on my personal use, and only put affiliate links as 1) an easy way to direct you to the service while 2) helping sponsor my site a little! I believe ads should always be wholesome, non-irritating, and even useful, so if you see any ads here that you do not like or have experienced a problem with, please contact me as soon as possible! I want my site to be enjoyable and useful, so please let me know if there is anything you do not like about this site .