I Thought You Were Dead.

 I just received a note from Google saying that they were going to take down my Blogger account because it hadn't been updated in (checking notes) more than 10 years. To be honest, I didn't even know it was still active. You can't blame Google for wanting to take down accounts that nobody has used in over 10 years.

Or has it been dormant?

Imagine my surprise when I discovered people are still reading blogs, I published 15 or more years ago. Amazing. No promotion, no links to it, just serendipity. The internet is a wonderful place.

So, maybe I'll start posting stuff every once in a while. I my head I have a whole blog about the terribleness of the Microsoft Outlook update, coming to a Microsoft 365 subscription near you. With no profit motive or professional reason for doing so, things could get CRAZY!

We'll see.

After many years, I have consolidated my website and blog into a newly rebooted Tom's Tech Take called, admittedly unimaginatively, Tom's Tech Take II. I toyed with calling it TTT: TNG but thought only Star Trek fans would get the reference. Of course, most of my readers are Star Trek fans so maybe I missed an opportunity.

Now that I am no longer at ESG, this new site will be my primary blog and website.

To quote Douglas Adams "So long and thanks for all the fish."

The Update From Hell

Yesterday, Verizon pushed out an update for the Android OS onto my smartphone. Since then, my phone has been decidedly less smart.
About a quarter of my apps no longer work. Ironically, one of them is Google Messenger. Some apps seem to work and then crash unexpectedly. Others save time by puking immediately. Thanks. I always appreciate it when people don't waste my time.
This is another example of what happens when you have a vast ecosystem that lacks a real controlling body. Anarchy! No really what you get is an OS update that nukes so many apps that it can only be termed a disaster.
So here is my advice - next time make sure major apps like, oh I don't know, Facebook work before you push an update out. Otherwise, don't push put updates.