You may have noticed that I have been a bit quiet during the past few weeks although I am not what you would call a frequent or regular blogger. Since the conclusion of the Microsoft Ready Launch events I have been put through an interesting few weeks that have been a real test for me.

I have suffered through the loss of my Broadband connection for eleven days due to what I can only surmise was routine maintenance gone wrong on the part of the wholesale provider. The rectification of this problem as caused the loss of my home phone for a day as well.

I have been without my car for two weeks while they repair some hail damage suffered on the way to a client on the Gold Coast a couple of months ago and we have had two scorchingly hot weeks while I have been travelling to and from work in a non-air conditioned bus.

I have been sick with a nasty cold/flu bug that I have managed to develop into a nasty sinus/throat and eye infection and had three days off work lying in bed.

What this experience has reminded me is;

• how integral digital communication has become in my life and I expect this may be very true for many of you reading this blog. Count the number of times you use the Internet each day for routine things you may not stop to think about. Without my internet connection I couldn’t check my email, use my VOIP phone, do my internet banking, check the movie times at the local cinema, find out what time a particular shop opened and many more things not counting work related activities.
• there are many people in the world far worse off than me and I shouldn’t take my health or my creature comforts for granted. Try being without these things for a little while and you soon learn to appreciate them a lot more.