There are times that technology intrudes on our lives. I say this as a computer geek and just as a normal person. It isn't that the computer geeks try to make computers intrude. They just do it seems.
This is the reason that when I was teaching computer science, there were days that I couldn't bring myself to turn on my computer -- not even to play a video game. It was work. I wanted to leave the computer alone, and I wanted to leave the computer alone.
I say all this because my sister has been having a strange weekend this weekend. Generally, she is a chemist. Indeed, her degree and job title say that she is. Some of her co-workers do wonder, however.
She has been working with the IT folks at the, um, local pharmaceutical company, doing a rollout of a new version of some software. The software runs on some critical (and pricey) pieces of equipment. The other thing that makes the rollout unusual is that the data stored in the systems involved is mission critical data. Well, I suppose that's not unusal. Most company's data is mission critical to the company -- otherwise, why are they bothering? Well, anyway. She has been playing IT person this weekend. So, I've been hearing stories of how things have been. I must say that the problems (all too familiar) do sound different when they are someone else's problem (even my sister's). The good news is that she (and the rest of the IT folks) were done and that she was home.
This is a good thing. This was attempt number 2, and this weekend is Mom's birthday, and attempt number 1 was during our brother's birthday. So, as I said, the silly computer were intruding. The computer thought that it would be best to be upgraded during Mom's birthday. What a silly computer, but of course, it still got its way.
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Those darn computers are intruding all over the place these days. I, like you, hear about it from family members who never thought they would be dealing with computers or not to the degree that is now required. My brother, a physician, just reported that he was able to hold his own with some I.T. folks at the health plan he directs when they started talking metadata because of conversations he has had with me. Who would have thought?!
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