I am sitting in a Starbucks downtown, sucking up the Internet access that came with Joey's computer (for those of you who do not know, the amazing xo computer, the one laptop per child computer, that I got for Joey came with a full year's subscription to T-Mobile hotspots, compliments of T-mobile. This value is greater than what I spent on the computer(s)). I for one am taking advantage.
Unfortunately, at the table next to me appears to be a staff meeting, apparently of Starbucks staff. They do this often at Starbucks and other similar types of businesses - take customer space for their marketing and hiring and general staff discussions. I am sure it makes sense in a way but it is usually obvious what it is, and in this particular case it is irritating. It seems to be a bit of a bitch session, with one woman in particular laying out how hard she tries to do the right thing and how this or that person doesn't get it and she apologizes for walking into that meeting the way she did, that isn't her style, and on and on.
I'm going on record that I find these really annoying. I don't know what a reasonable solution is. It's unreasonable to expect them to build a separate room for these things. What then? Keep it shorter? Separate the table somehow? Something. To me it is unprofessional.
Unfortunately, at the table next to me appears to be a staff meeting, apparently of Starbucks staff. They do this often at Starbucks and other similar types of businesses - take customer space for their marketing and hiring and general staff discussions. I am sure it makes sense in a way but it is usually obvious what it is, and in this particular case it is irritating. It seems to be a bit of a bitch session, with one woman in particular laying out how hard she tries to do the right thing and how this or that person doesn't get it and she apologizes for walking into that meeting the way she did, that isn't her style, and on and on.
I'm going on record that I find these really annoying. I don't know what a reasonable solution is. It's unreasonable to expect them to build a separate room for these things. What then? Keep it shorter? Separate the table somehow? Something. To me it is unprofessional.
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The T-Mobile hot spot subscription... you using it on the XO? Or is it transferable? I don't think my brother even knows he has that. But then I don't think there are any hot spots in the middle of nowhere where he is.
Of course the little guy (the xo) doesn't come with much in the way of instructions, but the website has quite a lot and has links to other sites where people are hard at work telling people the tricks. Joey really likes his and has been drawing and making music and taking pictures and videos with it. I don't know what else he has gotten into so far.
I wish I had one at home. I would really love to explore it more and do more (better, one might hope) videos on it. What I would really love, though, is to do the videos with Joey using it and showing how.
Oh, the T-mobile deal. You have to be alert for these things. I hope your bro did not throw away the box. You need a number, a packing number, to get the subscription to T-mobile. There is an explanation of how to do it on the laptopgiving.org website. The only reason I got it going quickly is that I have been reading that site for a while now and knew about it.And yes, more than one person can use it - just obviously not at the same time. Doesn't matter what computer you use - you just need the correct login info.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugbRkipOLqE
I edited the original some more, making it a bit shorter (and not quite so boring) and I deleted the other one.