Tuesday, May 09, 2006

My Day Without the Internet

I switched from the “old AT&T” to the “new AT&T” yesterday and because of this switch I had no internet access for about 24 hours. Here is how my life changed…

* I got a lot done when I was working on creating the content for our new website. I had no distractions. Usually if I have brain freeze I think to myself “Google something for a break and then you can focus again.” Well I can definitely assure you that I had much more concentration to finish the task at hand.

* I had to look words up in a paper thesaurus. Hmmm…another word for analysis….www.thesaurus.com….Ohh wait, no internet….I better get up out of my seat and actually get that paper book off the shelf.

* I was alone in our office. My business partner and husband couldn’t function without the internet so he had to go to Panera Bread where there is free wi-fi (I have a desktop).
* Lost touch with friends, no pictures of my friend’s baby, no advice from my friend about my dog. Ahh…

* I wanted to call CompUSA to see if they sell Macs. I open IE to type in www.Compusa.com and then I realize…no internet connection. I better go to the yellow pages to look up the number….never mind….I don’t even know where the yellow pages is in my office anymore.

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