At the Mercy of Technology
Posted by Tom Locke on November 19th, 2010 filed in Business, History, LifeAs you may have noticed I have been silent for over 2 weeks. Upon returning home from a business trip, my computer crashed. Yes I had a back up drive but the time and effort I put in trying to get my computer back up was extremely frustrating.
I couldn’t just ignore the problem because there was information on my computer that I needed to access … at least I thought I did.
After two full days of down time and interacting with technical experts over the phone, I took some time out, sat back and asked myself, “How productive was I being?” and “What were the viable alternatives that I should explore?”
Soon realizing that my biggest challenge was email access and that I could contact people over the phone to get their addresses on an as needed basis, I was soon back in the swing. My saving grace was that I had a laptop and have been religious in backing up working documents to memory sticks and external hard drive.
I also soon discovered that my time spent in trying to salvage my “old” computer was not only fruitless but very cost ineffective. That’s when I took on the “BIC” lighter mentality – i.e. Throw it away! I realized that I could buy a new computer, download my files and be back up and running in no time and for less cost.
As to my email address book, I soon found out that people who want me now would find me and as they do, I just simply add them to my contact list.
Don’t want to be at the mercy of technology? Then, back up so you can continue to move forward.
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