ALWAYS PRINT HARD COPIES

Here's a cautionary tale…

I got an amazing email the other day: an ex-co-worker is now some big muckety muck with a big deal at a big network… and he's all excited about a show I pitched him some FIFTEEN YEARS AGO!!!!

How great!  Especially since I save all my old files… and if I don't have the files handy, at least I have all my old computers, right?

Cut to me trying to operate THIS:

The sad part is I was all proud of myself: knew JUST where it was in the garage, had all the cords… I was prepared for just this emergency.

I turn it on, wait a moment…

…and instead of the happy computer face that tells me all is well, I get this (but with the pic of the old computer, not an ipad):

And of course there's no helpful website on the bottom of my screen — there was barely an INTERNET when I got the machine.

Luckily I have a partner on the project, and we've been piecing it all back together from his notes and memories, but the moral is…

HAVE HARD COPIES OF EVERYTHING!!!!

Your turn — ever been failed by technology when you needed it most?

In the meantime, think good thoughts for me — pitching to the aforementioned muckety muck today!