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one more round of cellphones, just because
Okay.
Assume I was to get a prepaid phone, and that its company would send me an email just before I needed to add more minutes to keep the thing going. Assume I could get into some sort of routine about charging it/turning it on. I'm not saying I will, but let's just say I am, and any suggestions for how to do this efficiently that take into account my abysmal record for doing cellphone maintenance, for lack of a better word, in the past would be welcome.
It has been pointed out to me that I have developed a reasonable routine for maintaining my six-month-old netbook, keeping it charged and its virus definitions updated and all that. Of course, I actually use my netbook on a daily basis. I don't use a telephone on a daily basis, by any means, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
Something, however, that I should have mentioned before. I am in the process of starting up a freelance business. So far my lack of a cell phone hasn't been a problem because I've been working almost exclusively from home. However, I'm this close to the first gig that will take me away from home for twenty hours a week for a while. And I'm going to have to keep chasing future work while I'm working this gig, so people are going to need to be able to contact me. So maybe I should have said something in the first (or second) post about this reason for my bringing the whole thing up in the first place. I apologize.
Of course, this in no way negates my other objections to a cell phone, most notably the whole electronic leash thing. Is there any way to make a cell phone work for me without making me feel like Miles and the comm link in Komarr?
If you've read this far and you're ticked off at me, I reiterate apologies. That was stupid of me.
Assume I was to get a prepaid phone, and that its company would send me an email just before I needed to add more minutes to keep the thing going. Assume I could get into some sort of routine about charging it/turning it on. I'm not saying I will, but let's just say I am, and any suggestions for how to do this efficiently that take into account my abysmal record for doing cellphone maintenance, for lack of a better word, in the past would be welcome.
It has been pointed out to me that I have developed a reasonable routine for maintaining my six-month-old netbook, keeping it charged and its virus definitions updated and all that. Of course, I actually use my netbook on a daily basis. I don't use a telephone on a daily basis, by any means, and I don't see that changing any time soon.
Something, however, that I should have mentioned before. I am in the process of starting up a freelance business. So far my lack of a cell phone hasn't been a problem because I've been working almost exclusively from home. However, I'm this close to the first gig that will take me away from home for twenty hours a week for a while. And I'm going to have to keep chasing future work while I'm working this gig, so people are going to need to be able to contact me. So maybe I should have said something in the first (or second) post about this reason for my bringing the whole thing up in the first place. I apologize.
Of course, this in no way negates my other objections to a cell phone, most notably the whole electronic leash thing. Is there any way to make a cell phone work for me without making me feel like Miles and the comm link in Komarr?
If you've read this far and you're ticked off at me, I reiterate apologies. That was stupid of me.