Technology Plan B
Bill Farquharson
I make selling print/sign/label/promo easier, better, and more fun for people who can’t, won’t, or don’t know how.
Which of these three is more terrifying:
The day after Thanksgiving this past November, I had a computer meltdown which resulted in a complete wiping of my hard drive. Fortunately, nothing was lost (not my first rodeo) as I had it all backed up in the cloud.
It took time to reconfigure, but I didn’t lose any data or any selling time and fortunately, it happened when no one was working. By the following Monday, I was back in business.
This past New Year’s Day, the same computer would not boot up. I got nothing. Nada. Zip. Squat. The Apple logo will appear, but the progress bar beneath it failed to move after a certain point. Phone customer service tried what they could, but the problem persisted.
That afternoon, Allison and I drove up to an Apple store west of Boston where we spent a short amount of time at the Genius Bar trying everything the technician could come up with before hearing him say, “I need to do some deeper diagnostic work. You will be without your computer for 1 to 3 days.”
Panic. No oxygen. Must warn others.
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2 年Thank you for Sharing. Yes it always is a good idea to back up your computer and always have a plan B for when your computer is out of commission for a few days.
I make selling print/sign/label/promo easier, better, and more fun for people who can’t, won’t, or don’t know how.
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