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Old Tech Tuesday: The Sounds Lost to Time
Welcome back for another round of Old Tech Tuesday! This week, we'll focus on core memories unlocked by SOUND. Some technology sounds are permanently burned into our brains. TV static. The grinding of a floppy drive. The Windows 95 startup chime. What's an old technology sound you can still hear vividly in your head? For me it's a dial-up modem.Old Tech Tuesday: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait.
Remember when technology made you wait? "Be kind, rewind, "Rewinding a VHS before returning it to blockbuster. Making TWO trips to get photos to be developed. Waiting for your song to come on the radio or music video on MTV. What's the wait you used to put up with that's now gone forever?‘Tis the Season: Share Your Spookiest "Data Horror Stories"! 👻
We kicked this month off with some Cybersecurity Awareness month fun, now let’s shift gears towards something a little more spooky to celebrate the Halloween season. As Data enthusiasts and professionals, we all have our dreaded Data Horror Story that sticks in the back of our minds. Will you have the scariest tale? 🕸️ We want to hear YOUR spooky stories! What is the most horrifying, hair-raising or downright just plain funny data mishap you’ve ever experienced? How did you escape that nightmare (or fix the query)? Whether it was a mysterious dashboard metric that unexpectedly plummeted to zero at 4:59 PM on a Friday or entering a server room that just gave you the chills - drop your best Data Horror Story in the comments below!Old Tech Tuesday
Welcome back! For this week, lets talk experiences. Key memories are typically associated with multiple senses. One great example is the resurgence of the clickety-clackety mechanical keyboards. What's sound, touch, or other sensory experience that unlocks a key memory? Mine is the sound of a dot matrix printer, where I had to print projects like hello_world.java from the sun microsystems computers in the basement computer lab.Old Tech Tuesday: Superstitions
We're back for Old Tech Tuesday! This week, we are covering Superstitions. One of the best things about the analog era was that wiggles and bangs used to fix things. What's something that you used to do that you know in your heart worked, but now in retrospect realize probably didn't do much. Apparently, Nintendo discouraged blowing into cartridges to get them to work, even everyone knows it works. 🙃
Does anybody actually buy business services from unsolicited emails or LinkedIn messages?
I’m genuinely curious. Like most people, I get a steady stream of messages from people I’ve never met offering consulting services, lead generation, website help, recruiting, AI solutions, financial services—you name it. And I realized recently that I can’t remember ever responding to one, much less actually buying something as a result. But somebody must be doing it, right? Otherwise, why would there be so much of it? Have you ever hired a company or bought a business service because of an unsolicited email or LinkedIn message? If you have, what made that particular message work when most of them are so easy to ignore? I’d especially be interested to hear from people on both sides—buyers and people who use outbound outreach as part of their business.Does anybody actually buy business services from unsolicited emails or LinkedIn messages?
I’m genuinely curious. Like most people, I get a steady stream of messages from people I’ve never met offering consulting services, lead generation, website help, recruiting, AI solutions, financial services—you name it. And I realized recently that I can’t remember ever responding to one, much less actually buying something as a result. But somebody must be doing it, right? Otherwise, why would there be so much of it? Have you ever hired a company or bought a business service because of an unsolicited email or LinkedIn message? If you have, what made that particular message work when most of them are so easy to ignore? I’d especially be interested to hear from people on both sides—buyers and people who use outbound outreach as part of their business.
