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Ridge Tech

Offerings

Free help, on evenings and weekends, for the ridge and for town.

I am a technologist with a full-time job. This is leftover time, given away on purpose. If a Saturday cannot hold the work, I will tell you — and I will not charge you for the conversation.

Online safety

Households, grandparents, and anyone who has had that sinking feeling after a tap.

  • Password manager setup on the phones you actually use
  • Walking through a suspicious text without tapping the link
  • A calmer setup for kids and school portals

Check a text or email against the guides

AI

Curious neighbors and shop owners who are tired of the hype and want one useful hour.

  • A first session with ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on a real task
  • Drafting reviews, menus, or customer replies in your voice
  • An honest no if a vendor is selling you a $499 “AI package”

Check a text or email against the guides

Websites

Nicholasville shops, crews, churches, and anyone whose “site” is a Facebook page they cannot find.

  • A one-page site: hours, what you do, how to reach you
  • Copy that sounds like you, not like a brochure
  • Showing you how to change the hours yourself

Digital posters

Yard sales, HOA notices, church suppers, lost-pet signs, and shop windows.

  • A file you can print at home and post online
  • Type large enough to read from the road
  • A look that belongs on a four-board-fence street

3D printing

The drawer of broken clips and the hardware-store part that does not exist anymore.

  • Measuring a broken piece and printing a replacement
  • A simple jig or holder for the shop or the house
  • A hard no on anything that has to hold a person or a car

Business automation

Anyone retyping the same invoice, email, or spreadsheet row every Friday.

  • Saved replies and templates that match how you already work
  • A form so customers stop sending puzzle-piece texts
  • Connecting two tools only after the simple version works

Home tech

Brick ranches, unfinished basements, and the printer that only works on Tuesdays.

  • Wi-Fi that reaches the back bedroom
  • Getting a laptop, a phone, and a printer on speaking terms
  • Sorting the box of random cables without a lecture
Desktop 3D printer and tools on a home workbench

What this is not

  • A company, a help desk, or a 24-hour line.
  • Legal, medical, or tax advice.
  • A place to send passwords, card numbers, or client lists.
  • The HOA, the builder, or the city.

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