I’ve recently run into a few situations when dealing with customer service or tech support where they tell me that they’re needing 48 hours to make a change. I don’t understand. We now live in ‘give it to me now’ world. So why do I have to wait 48 hours… for anything?
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Software update. Two simple words that by themselves are fine, but when combined cause angst in amazing ways. I know, because I hate updating software. Anytime I update some of my software I know that are are going to be changes I’ll hate…
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With all of the electronics we have throughout our house you don’t realize the mess of tangled wires you have, until you have to move. I know that my mess of wires is extreme, but I can’t believe that I’m the only one. At least I know where all the wires should go. Well, most…
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I don’t love to have my picture taken, but I do love taking pictures. And like many people I prefer to take them with my smartphone. But my iPhone stinks when it comes to taking pictures. And that means I often have to carry a real camera, especially for work…
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The cell phone wars are ramping up again. Sprint and T-Mobile are attacking Verizon and AT&T, and the big boys are fighting back. I’m actually looking forward to the outcome of these wars. I’m hoping I can finally put together a good plan for a decent amount of money. Sadly, this is something I’ve been…
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Yesterday we were talking about the birth of the internet. And that caused me to think about how the internet has changed the role of the newspaper. Growing up we spent a lot of time reading the Sunday papers. My father always read 3 papers on Sunday. It seems like its been years since I…
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I spend a lot of my life online. It seems like the internet has been around forever, but it’s actually just celebrating it’s 25th birthday. I didn’t go online on the first day, But I hopped on board quickly. After having spend time on networks like Prodigy and Compuserve it didn’t take me long to…
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Do you feel that there’s just nowhere to hide? Technology forces us to stay connected ALL the time. I know that I should learn to shut that technology off, but it seems like that’s just not possible anymore. Staying connected is truly how I stay in business. And at times that can be frustrating…
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I love technology, so my wife bought me one of those new Amazon Echo devices. It can do so much. I can even ask Alexa questions and it will answer them. It’s the perfect resource for a lazy guy like me. Now I don’t even have to pick up a book or a smartphone…
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While I was cruising down the road recently a car went flying past me. And made me think about the speed limit. What if speeding wasn’t possible? Since the technology for self driving cars is in our near future it could soon be a reality. Imagine how that will change your life…
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