When things go wrong
I learnt an important lesson this week in the world of self employed web service type living and it will be a lesson that will come as no shock to any of you that have ever used a computer… it’s really important to have a back up for when things go wrong!
I have spent the last three days of this week unable to finish any proper work as I am using a PC that was built shortly after The Great Fire finished rampaging its way through the streets of London. It takes me half an hour to turn the thing on, another half an hour to run my internet browser of choice and then another half an hour to look at my emails – don’t get me started on how long it actually takes me to reply to an email!
All this is because my main PC (and, in fact, my only usable PC) stopped working on Wednesday morning. I don’t know. The guy I gave it to to fix doesn’t know why and we probably never will. But at least he’s able to fix it.
So – Self Employed Web Worker Lesson 1: Own more than one usable computer. I know most of you will know it already but there you go. My pearl of wisdom for the day.
Normal service will be resumed shortly.
