<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>KilPen Technical Services - IT with Aloha</title><link>http://kilpen.com/</link><description>Recent content on KilPen Technical Services - IT with Aloha</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://kilpen.com/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Christopher</title><link>http://kilpen.com/authors/chris/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/authors/chris/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Principal Consultant/Service Provider&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Elmer</title><link>http://kilpen.com/authors/elmer/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/authors/elmer/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Technical Project Manager&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Alan</title><link>http://kilpen.com/authors/alan/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/authors/alan/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;WordPress/PHP Developer&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Chris</title><link>http://kilpen.com/authors/chris-tsp/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/authors/chris-tsp/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Technology Service Provider&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Christine</title><link>http://kilpen.com/authors/christine/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/authors/christine/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;IT Business Analyst&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Markel</title><link>http://kilpen.com/authors/markel/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/authors/markel/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Intern&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Automated Company-Wide Gmail Signature Blocks</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/auto-company-gmail-signatures/</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/auto-company-gmail-signatures/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="business-problem"&gt;Business Problem&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our client valued consistency in branding within email. Concerned that employees creating their own signature blocks in email would result in branding conflicts, KilPen was consulted to develop a company-wide signature standard in Gmail.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Extending iTop's WebApplication Object with Custom Fields</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/extending-itop-webapplication-object/</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/extending-itop-webapplication-object/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Customizing iTop to Add Extra Fields to the Software Licence Object</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/customizing-itop-software-licence/</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/customizing-itop-software-licence/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Running Ubuntu Desktop in Google Cloud Platform</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/running-ubuntu-desktop-gcp/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/running-ubuntu-desktop-gcp/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Migrate Existing Mastodon from Masto.host to Linode</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-mastodon-to-linode/</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-mastodon-to-linode/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Automating PGP Key Issuance and Distribution with GPG and 1Password</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/automating-pgp-key-management/</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/automating-pgp-key-management/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Advanced.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Google Form - Response Emailer</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/google-form-response-emailer/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/google-form-response-emailer/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Beginner&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Migrate Existing Docker Peertube Instance to Linode, Enable Object Storage</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-peertube-to-linode/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/migrate-peertube-to-linode/</guid><description>&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.buymeacoffee.com/1.0.0/button.prod.min.js" data-name="bmc-button" data-slug="kilpen" data-color="#FFDD00" data-emoji="" data-font="Cookie" data-text="Buy me a coffee" data-outline-color="#000000" data-font-color="#000000" data-coffee-color="#ffffff" &gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;p&gt;SKILL LEVEL: Advanced&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Gate Review Risk Management System</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/gate-review-risk-management/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/gate-review-risk-management/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="business-problem"&gt;Business Problem&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The organization faced challenges with poor product quality exiting their product development workflows. Since multiple contributors participated in development with varying quality levels, a systematic approach was needed.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Google Sheets Data Aggregation</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/google-sheets-data-aggregation/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/google-sheets-data-aggregation/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="business-problem"&gt;Business Problem&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The client faced efficiency challenges stemming from significant waste related to employees manually updating Google Sheets that fed business critical decision making information. Operating with over 150 concurrent projects, each requiring its own spreadsheet, leadership lacked an automated method to consolidate data across this distributed portfolio.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Image Conversion Using API</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/image-conversion-api/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/image-conversion-api/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="business-problem"&gt;Business Problem&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The client required converting over 1,000 images from PNG to TIFF format. A manual approach would demand substantial time and resources.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Motor Pool Vehicle Maintenance System</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/motor-pool-vehicle-maintenance/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/motor-pool-vehicle-maintenance/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="business-problem"&gt;Business Problem&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The client faced constraints in a low-margin sector without budget for commercial fleet tracking software. As operations expanded, monitoring vehicle maintenance and licensing renewals became increasingly challenging. They needed:&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Project and Vendor Management Tracking</title><link>http://kilpen.com/blog/project-vendor-management-tracking/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/blog/project-vendor-management-tracking/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="business-challenge"&gt;Business Challenge&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A startup company needed to manage a complex vendor ecosystem. The organization employed independent contractors on short-term projects, requiring tracking of hundreds of projects with thousands of contractors along with multiple Statements of Work and invoices per contractor. Commercial solutions exceeded their budget constraints.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Bespoke Services</title><link>http://kilpen.com/bespoke-services/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/bespoke-services/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;When your challenge doesn&amp;rsquo;t fit a standard category, you need a partner who listens first and builds solutions second. KilPen&amp;rsquo;s &lt;strong&gt;Bespoke Services&lt;/strong&gt; deliver custom technology solutions for organizations facing unique, complex, or sensitive situations.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Book an appointment</title><link>http://kilpen.com/booking/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/booking/</guid><description>&lt;!-- Google Calendar Appointment Scheduling begin --&gt;
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&lt;!-- end Google Calendar Appointment Scheduling --&gt;</description></item><item><title>IT Operations</title><link>http://kilpen.com/it-ops/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/it-ops/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Your organization has a mission to fulfill—technology should support that mission, not distract from it. KilPen provides &lt;strong&gt;dedicated IT services&lt;/strong&gt; that keep your systems running smoothly while you focus on what matters most.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Message Sent</title><link>http://kilpen.com/contact_success/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/contact_success/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="thank-you-for-reaching-out"&gt;Thank you for reaching out!&lt;/h3&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;KilPen Technical Services (&amp;ldquo;we,&amp;rdquo; &amp;ldquo;us,&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;our&amp;rdquo;) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or engage our services.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Ready to Talk About Your Technology Needs?</title><link/><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid/><description/></item><item><title>Something Went Wrong</title><link>http://kilpen.com/contact_fail/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/contact_fail/</guid><description>&lt;h3 id="oops-something-went-wrong"&gt;Oops! Something went wrong.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We were unable to process your message. This could be due to a temporary issue with our system.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Technology Consulting</title><link>http://kilpen.com/technology-consulting/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://kilpen.com/technology-consulting/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Technology decisions shape your organization for years to come. KilPen provides &lt;strong&gt;strategic consulting&lt;/strong&gt; that helps mission-driven organizations navigate complex IT challenges with clarity and confidence.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>What Our Clients Say</title><link/><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid/><description/></item></channel></rss>