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What are your favorite everyday technology failures?
What are the tech failures that are so commonplace that we don’t even notice when they occur?
What are the pervasive tech failures do you expect will outlive live you?
I expect that my grandkids will still be experiencing the following 38 tech failure long after I’m gone:
1 - The Conference WiFi Is Saturated
2 - The Airport / Hotel WiFi Is Painfully Slow
3 - The Video In the Presentation Does Not Play
4 - The Podium Microphone In the Room Does Not Work
5 - The Lavalier Microphone Does Not Work
6 - The Password / Login Is Not Secure
7 - The Recover Password Procedure Does Not Work
8 - Email Replies Are Accidentally Sent to All Recipients
9 - The Projector Does Not Work / The Computer Can’t Connect to the Projector
10 - The Out-of-Office Email Message Doesn’t Work
11 - The Headphone Cords Will Always Get Tangled
12 - The Room-Based Conference Video / Audio System Can’t Be Started
13 - The Classroom HVAC System Will Always Be Crazy Loud
14 - The Out-of-Office Email Message Is Still Playing Long After the Person Has Returned To Work
15 - The Printer Will Not Work Exactly the Time When Hard Paper Copies Are Necessary
16 - Calendar Appointments Disappear
17 - The Copier Will Jam
18 - The Sound In Multimedia Presentations Does Not Work
19 - The Amount of Spam Increases Faster Than Opt Outs / Spam Filters Can Eliminate Unwanted Emails
20 - Fax Machines Will Never Go Away
21 - The Handheld Slide Advancer Does Not Work
22 - Participants Can’t Get Their Audio to Work in A Webinar
23 - The Lawn Outside Your Classroom / Office Will Always Be (Loudly) Mowed While You Are Trying to Talk / Concentrate / Teach
24 - Someone Will Want to Show a VHS Tape During Class
25 - The Classroom Office Will Be Too Hot or Too Cold
26 - The Email Goes To the Wrong Recipients
27 - There Is Unbearable Noise / Interference in the Web Meeting
28 - The Computer Will Decide To Do A System Update During a Presentation
29 - Some People In the Web Meeting Will Not Be Able to Turn On Their Webcam
30 - The Web Video Will Not Play
31 - The Email Attachment Is Not Attached
32 - The Phone Ringer/Alarm Will Go Off During Performances and Lectures
33 - The Voicemail Will Disappear
34 - The Tablet Digital Note Taking / Annotation Tools Will Be Worse Than Pen and Paper
35 - The Dongle Will Be the Wrong Type
36 - The Expensive Classroom Smartboard Will Not Be Used
37 - Entering / Starting A Conference Call Requires 10 Minutes and Multiple Digits / Prompts to Access
38 - Email Reply All Is Selected When It Shouldn’t Be, And Not Selected When It Should
Can you add to our list of permanent and pervasive technology failures?
