TravelingGeeks Archives - Sky's Blog https://blog.red7.com/tag/travelinggeeks/ Communicating in a networked world Wed, 08 Feb 2017 21:33:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.red7.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/skyhi-wind-icon-256x256-120x120.png TravelingGeeks Archives - Sky's Blog https://blog.red7.com/tag/travelinggeeks/ 32 32 Backstage Pass- Login, login, login https://blog.red7.com/backstage-pass-login-login-login/ https://blog.red7.com/backstage-pass-login-login-login/#respond Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:23:50 +0000 http://sky.dlfound.org/?p=1770 I estimated last night that I spend 1/3 of my time trying to debug and solve connectivity issues[1] both at home and on the road. Though perhaps when I’m at home, more of that 1/3 goes toward updating software[2]. Please note – This video isn’t intended to put anybody on the spot, but when Susan […]

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]]> BT Mobile Broadband - USB modemI estimated last night that I spend 1/3 of my time trying to debug and solve connectivity issues[1] both at home and on the road. Though perhaps when I’m at home, more of that 1/3 goes toward updating software[2].

Please note – This video isn’t intended to put anybody on the spot, but when Susan was having so much trouble on Monday getting connected to wi-fi at the Reboot Britain meeting, it just seemed like old times to me! At big meetings like this (several hundred people) the wi-fi is frequently the crunch. Just getting an IP address, and then being able to stay connected 30 minutes or more, can be a challenge. To their credit, the venue did have really good wi-fi signals in all of the rooms at the conference center! However, I stayed on my BT Mobile Broadband connection the entire time (the little illustration is their USB modem device), and though the bandwidth was challenged (inside a brick, steel, concrete building) it was reliable.

[1] Connectivity includes finding wi-fi, dealing with “blocking” problems (more on that later), spam overload, and helping others get connected (which is major).
[2] I probably update a program every 2 days. This isn’t just Microsoft Office, but dozens of other programs I use. I use MacUpdate as a paid service to notify me of updates, although I’d say that 1/2 of the programs I use will automatically alert me when updates are available.

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