I am a gadget guy. I can't tell you how everything works, but I do enjoy using most everything cool. But I'm not a first adopter. I am a little gun shy. While I still use the first gen. iPhone, I wasn't one of those people who waited in line the first day to pick one up. But after I saw it in action, I did pretty much rush to the Apple store and plunk down my money.
So, about the internet. Number one. Now that I'm unemployed, I find myself with plenty of time to listen to content. So instead of buying bunches of music (although in the interest of full disclosure, I have been picking up things here and there on Amazon's MP3 store, I mean a Cars EP for $.99? Come on!), I've been downloading tons of podcasts, and using Last.fm to stream music. And for some reason it's not working! This better not be a trick to get me to pay money for 'prime access' to your servers during busy times. Chris don't play that game, I'll jump back to Pandora so fast you'll think I was never on your stupid site. I mean you're owned by CBS now (even though you still like to play like you're that cute British site with all your words with extra U's like 'favourite'), pony up some cash and upgrade your infrastructure.
Second thing is that I have a web meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning with the employment outplacement service company that my former employer provided in my oh so generous severance package. Sending me an email with instructions to test my connection 12 hours prior to the event is cutting it a little close. Especially when it's telling me that it won't work, because my browser isn't set to accept cookies. Well guess what WebEx, you don't know what the heck you're talking about. Not only is browser set to accept cookies, it has always been set that way, so there.
Now instead of just being ready at 7:40am for an 8am meeting, I'm going to need to call tech support at about 7:15am to see why they can't use a more stable product that works for the general public. Maybe they're trying to scare me off before I start? They still get their money from Starbucks either way. No, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. This time. They can't scare me off, I need this more than they need to get rid of me. I think this part of my job hunting journey is going to prove to be very challenging, but that's okay, I like a good challenge, but it shouldn't be the internet. I mean it's not like I just started using this thing yesterday, it has been around for a while, hasn't it?
So, about the internet. Number one. Now that I'm unemployed, I find myself with plenty of time to listen to content. So instead of buying bunches of music (although in the interest of full disclosure, I have been picking up things here and there on Amazon's MP3 store, I mean a Cars EP for $.99? Come on!), I've been downloading tons of podcasts, and using Last.fm to stream music. And for some reason it's not working! This better not be a trick to get me to pay money for 'prime access' to your servers during busy times. Chris don't play that game, I'll jump back to Pandora so fast you'll think I was never on your stupid site. I mean you're owned by CBS now (even though you still like to play like you're that cute British site with all your words with extra U's like 'favourite'), pony up some cash and upgrade your infrastructure.
Second thing is that I have a web meeting scheduled for tomorrow morning with the employment outplacement service company that my former employer provided in my oh so generous severance package. Sending me an email with instructions to test my connection 12 hours prior to the event is cutting it a little close. Especially when it's telling me that it won't work, because my browser isn't set to accept cookies. Well guess what WebEx, you don't know what the heck you're talking about. Not only is browser set to accept cookies, it has always been set that way, so there.
Now instead of just being ready at 7:40am for an 8am meeting, I'm going to need to call tech support at about 7:15am to see why they can't use a more stable product that works for the general public. Maybe they're trying to scare me off before I start? They still get their money from Starbucks either way. No, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. This time. They can't scare me off, I need this more than they need to get rid of me. I think this part of my job hunting journey is going to prove to be very challenging, but that's okay, I like a good challenge, but it shouldn't be the internet. I mean it's not like I just started using this thing yesterday, it has been around for a while, hasn't it?
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