It's been almost 5 days since my Palm pda stopped working and I had to send it in for warranty repair/replacement. It has been a true lesson in how much I use this tool. I've had to print out a planner/calendar with FranklinCovey planning software and dig out a binder from storage so I would have my calendar, todo list and phone book with me. I've had to print out all sorts of information that I am used to having at my fingertips. I can only read or listen to audiobooks at home at my computer, when most of my reading time was away from home. On a couple of occasions I needed directions and couldn't just pull up the maps and directions on mapopolis.
Because of the holiday and the weekend, Palm support does not even show it as having been received. (It was delivered UPS on Friday, signed for by Garcia.) It was a note on Nafta that the repair facility is in Laredo, TX and the work is no doubt driven across into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico to be done by workers at a fraction of the cost. I don't know whether to marvel at the efficiency of the free market system or rage at all the missing silicon valley jobs.
Posted by apopheniac at November 29, 2003 04:39 PM