It’s time for Tech Tail Tuesday! We have been cranking out this feature newsletter since the late 90’s. I spent some time this past week going over our archives and it’s hard to believe we have published almost one thousand issues of this publication. Looking back over the older issues it’s hard to believe we have only been publishing HTML versions since 2008—a time that feels like it was just days ago now that we are in 2015. Some of our early issues were fairly basic, but were still packed with valuable information…including the importance of backing up your data. Issue number twelve mentioned the importance of backing up your data and well over a decade later we are still stressing the importance of backups with all of our customers today! It’s also been fun to look back and see how excited we all were about what is now archaic in the technology world. The introduction of the G3 iBook, the G4 cube, the Titanium powerbook, the G5 tower and more! I remember when some of these early machines came into the Small Dog warehouse and it was like Christmas morning for us. We would all stand around the box and patiently (or not so patiently) wait for Don to open the box and reveal what was inside. Don would then parade around the building with the latest product and we would all be demanding and asking him for a chance to use it.
Apple and all the accessories that go along with these products really have come a long way from their predecessors. I remember helping customers to pick out the right QuickerTek Antenna to increase wifi range on their iBooks or talking customers through data transfers over the phone. While I am still helping customers with these tasks the processes have become incredibly efficient and intuitive for even the basic of users. I will admit though, I do not miss the complication these processes once had especially data transfers!
Thank you for reading!
Emily Dolloff
emily@smalldog.com