For those of you following the latest in the Terrible Techie Trouble Saga, I want to give you the benefit of my experience in trying to speak Techanese: the language of the computer. Here are some Techanese terms and their English definitions: Techanese: Windows detected a hard drive problem. Translation: We have no idea what the problem is, but YOU'D better find out quick! Techanese: Microsoft Word has encounted a problem and must shut down. Translation: We have no idea what the problem is, but you can't use Word right now! Techanese: Memory is low, please restart your computer. Translation: We know exactly what the problem is, but you'll never be able to fix it this way! Techanese: Warning! A critical...
Gundar, our personal Technology Gremlin, has been instrumental in successfully keeping me from communicating effectively with my computer. I've tried reasoning with it, yelling at it and threatening it with bodily harm. I even tried sweet-talking it, but here's what I've learned so far about communcating with your computer: 1. Doing one successful thing one time doesn't mean it will work the next time. 2. Doing one thing succesfully one thousand successive times doesn't mean it will work the next time. 3. Software MUST be kept up to date. 4. Beware of software updates! 5. Not updating your software is BAD. 6. Updating your software may be WORSE. 6. If you configure things correctly, don't assume it will WORK correctly. 7. If you configure things incorrectly and...
I have a degree in Speech Communication and over 25 years of experience since then. I have been able to communicate successfully with people of all ages, including those who have vastly different beliefs. I speak English, a little Spanish, a wee bit of ASL and I'm conversational in whining and Gibberish. What I cannot communicate with is my computer. Computers have a language and a logic all their own! I'll go into this in more detail later this week, but to give you a background (in order that you might appreciate the conclusions I will draw on Wednesday), I'd like to share with you the Tragic (though comedic) Tale of Techie Trouble with the computer formerly known as Zippy. Zippy is less than two years old. We bought him when...
FIRST A NOTE: I hope you all had a great time at the Birthday Bash yesterday! I had a ball and learned a LOT from my guest "speakers." Due to an infestation of the Gundar Kind (our techie gremlin), we had some techie issues with the coupon code and various other sundry glitches so we are extending our contests and 50% off sale for a day or two until we can work out the details. That'll give more of you a chance anyway. It was a very fun but VERY LONG day. My fingers are still sore for typing 120 words a minute for 12 hours straight. A BIG thank you to Traci of Your Web Tech Team for keeping...
