Virus attack woes

Last week my computer quitted on me. Some horrible viruses attacked and I had to send it to the professonals to do a rescue job!

Being without the machine was quite bad for me. I had an assignment to do for my client. I had a deadline. I tried to write but a lot of my info and data were in the computer. So what to do? I almost panicked. Fortunately I had saved some of the info in my thumb drive. To fill up the gaps I had to make phone calls and for the first time in many years, visit the local library! Well, after some effort I managed to deliver my assignment on target. Fortunately too for me the assignment wasn't very complicated.

I guess what this whole week without a computer has taught me is that I need to ensure I have systems in place to back up all my data all the time.

This reminded of the time when I started my professional life many years back. Of course back then there were no computers. We wrote volumes of reports by hand or dictated to stenographers who were proficient in shorthand. The stenographers then transcribed the notes using the typewriter. The work actually got typed and re-typed again and again until there were no mistakes. The stenographers used to grumble among themselves when we changed what we originally dictated. With computer technology of course many processes are so much more simplified. But then again haven't we become too dependent on technology?