The Internet has been all but down for
the past three days at my office. We would have times where things
would work intermittently, followed by extended times of complete
disconnect.
People from all over the office were
audibly sharing their frustration, and it seemed that work was coming
to a halt. Who knew we were so reliant on the Internet?
As the wheels appeared to be coming off
in every department, I began to think back to 1995, a time where only
a select few had a dial-up account at the office. How did we do our
jobs back then? Once I pushed the button on the “way back”
machine, I reminded my team about things such as telephones — they
still work for communcation. I was thankful we didn't have VOIP.
And, we have cars. We can actually
drive and visit someone face-to-face.
We also have smartphones. Things like
e-mail are not completely lost.
Technology is a wonderful thing, but
let us not become so reliant on it that we forget how to live without
it.
“Old School” is not necessarily a
bad thing.
Blessings,
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