this is a funny one, its been long since I've had attachment with gadgets and computer, but off late, I'm getting emotionally involved with them. I am disappointed when i see a computer in my office dirty, or a keyboard with keys missing. C'mon, that PC helps you get through the day, work or fun..it does not stop giving you its services..and in return.. all you have to do is reciprocate the love..how hard is it to keep the keyboard clean...keep the screen clear..i mean isn't it good for you..and what the deal with these people leaving there computer "turned on" post work... " oh i need to come in an start working asap"..yea right, you cant push a button..fetch you coffee and then log in...the idea of writing this post struck me the other day when i was advising a staff not to get a new computer, and trying real hard to convince her that this laptop was in perfect shape. later she wrote me an email stating that the computer had crashed again and she was going to get a new one.. i remember i wrote back "please stop by my office whenever possible, and i will help you with the issue, the computer is in perfect working condition, and it would wrong to quit on it"..quit on it..like it was a person..nevertheless, what I was trying to put across is that the laptop was good, clean, fast..and a reckless decision could make it "that laptop" which does not work... isn't that like wasting a talent, just because it couldn't do it that time, does not mean you should quit on it, keep going, keep going till it reaches its "workable" life.. I still have my first computer, 166mhz 32 mb ram 21gb hdd... amazing machine, i used it till my last semester in undergrad..2006..then i just put it to rest, mind it !! put it to rest...did not retire it..in fact, i am going to use it when i go back to India..why shouldn't I..all i know about computers today, I owe it to that machine there, that machine which has taken a lot of beating, but has come back stronger, maybe with little grunts and scratches, but stronger nevertheless... people..don't quit on technology, don't go "oh this is so slow, and outdated".. believe me.. its not the device.. ITS YOU !! 021
Friday, March 5, 2010
IT hurts
this is a funny one, its been long since I've had attachment with gadgets and computer, but off late, I'm getting emotionally involved with them. I am disappointed when i see a computer in my office dirty, or a keyboard with keys missing. C'mon, that PC helps you get through the day, work or fun..it does not stop giving you its services..and in return.. all you have to do is reciprocate the love..how hard is it to keep the keyboard clean...keep the screen clear..i mean isn't it good for you..and what the deal with these people leaving there computer "turned on" post work... " oh i need to come in an start working asap"..yea right, you cant push a button..fetch you coffee and then log in...the idea of writing this post struck me the other day when i was advising a staff not to get a new computer, and trying real hard to convince her that this laptop was in perfect shape. later she wrote me an email stating that the computer had crashed again and she was going to get a new one.. i remember i wrote back "please stop by my office whenever possible, and i will help you with the issue, the computer is in perfect working condition, and it would wrong to quit on it"..quit on it..like it was a person..nevertheless, what I was trying to put across is that the laptop was good, clean, fast..and a reckless decision could make it "that laptop" which does not work... isn't that like wasting a talent, just because it couldn't do it that time, does not mean you should quit on it, keep going, keep going till it reaches its "workable" life.. I still have my first computer, 166mhz 32 mb ram 21gb hdd... amazing machine, i used it till my last semester in undergrad..2006..then i just put it to rest, mind it !! put it to rest...did not retire it..in fact, i am going to use it when i go back to India..why shouldn't I..all i know about computers today, I owe it to that machine there, that machine which has taken a lot of beating, but has come back stronger, maybe with little grunts and scratches, but stronger nevertheless... people..don't quit on technology, don't go "oh this is so slow, and outdated".. believe me.. its not the device.. ITS YOU !! 021
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