Asking for help
Just a quick note about one quirk that reinforced a lesson for me on our recent trip. See, the hotel had wireless, with a large sign on the desk advertising that it was highspeed. And for the first couple of days, I suffered with it being less than highspeed. But then trying it in the conference rooms, I found that the service was actually pretty good! So I went down to the desk and asked if they could do something about service in the room.
They offered me a bridge - a gadget that plugged into the USB port and the network connection. I was dubious, but tried it. And lo and behold, the network in the room was reasonably fast that way. A bit awkward with this dongle hanging off my tiny portable, but it was only for a few days.
One lesson I drew from this - don't just suffer silently, let people know and ask for help. It's a lesson that I thought I'd learned a while ago, but I still stumble over it every now and then. Usually when I assume that there's nothing that can be done, that this is as good as it gets. And then I find out that there's a better way! Goes along with that aphorism about the squeaky wheel getting greased and so forth, I guess.
They offered me a bridge - a gadget that plugged into the USB port and the network connection. I was dubious, but tried it. And lo and behold, the network in the room was reasonably fast that way. A bit awkward with this dongle hanging off my tiny portable, but it was only for a few days.
One lesson I drew from this - don't just suffer silently, let people know and ask for help. It's a lesson that I thought I'd learned a while ago, but I still stumble over it every now and then. Usually when I assume that there's nothing that can be done, that this is as good as it gets. And then I find out that there's a better way! Goes along with that aphorism about the squeaky wheel getting greased and so forth, I guess.