Tech Tip Tuesday – Just Wait

March 30, 2009 by
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Today’s tech tip tries to address the frustration we all feel at one point or another with our worst enemy and our best friend, our computer.

If you’re working hard and furiously, you may find yourself with several tabs on your Firefox browser open (Shameless plug, I know.). There’s Dictionary.com to make sure you’re using the right word or to use the thesaurus. Blip.fm is going in the background so you have your writing music playing. Then, there’s Twitter. Got to keep up with the tweets.

Oh, and email. Your publisher will be emailing you that contract any minute now. Of course, your word processor is open. Ideas are just flowing. Your GTD application is open so you keep your deadline. Then it happens. Your computer hangs up just as you’re about to do away with George the philanderer.

So many times I see users starting hitting this button and that, trying to close the offending program again and again. However, even Windows can only work so fast. My advice to you is this: instead of getting angry, wait. Oftentimes, the RAM is just tapped and Windows is trying the best it can. Wait and the text you entered will appear. The page will load. Exercise that patience you use when you’re waiting for that acceptance letter to come.

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2 Comments on Tech Tip Tuesday – Just Wait

  1. Patti Stafford on Tue, 31st Mar 2009 9:46 am

    2. This happens to me several times a day. This post was written with me in mind because I get frustrated and often don’t want to take the time to wait. In the end, waiting would probably take the same amount of time as trying to close the blasted program that’s jamming up the system.

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  2. Chris on Wed, 1st Apr 2009 4:07 pm

    3. I think I need to post this on my computer to remind me too.

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