I wonder what I am missing right now?
Why do I say missing? I have developed a history of missing it. In '87 I saw my first fax machine. It was roughly 2 ft long, a foot wide, and not quite a foot high. It used roll thermal paper and did not include a telephone. You had to plug a telephone into it to use it. Cost was just under $3000. I said "Why would anyone want one of those?
I totally missed it.
Today fax machines are so common I have one at home and one in the shop. Both also function as ink jet printers. If I had specialized in fax machines who knows what would be today.
A few years later I saw a tower going up between Marshall and Clarksville. It had to be a cell phone tower. I did some investigating and found it was Cellular One from Danville. I met with Chuck (the manager) in Marshall and had in my hand the contract to be the first agent outside of Danville. I was working for a GTE Mobilenet agent at the time selling office machines (yes, including faxes) and as part of my employment had signed a non-competition agreement.
I pondered on it. My employer knew the non-comp agreement was unenforcable. I did not directly sell phones, I was in a different license area, even in a different state. But I looked around. At the time we were selling Panasonic transportables (they were about the size of my current fax machine) for $1600. I looked at the market and thought "I might be able to sell maybe a dozen in the Marshall area."
I REALLY missed it. There are more cell phones than that waiting in line at McDonald's
Maybe cell phone is not a very good description. My cell phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, video camera and player, a mini SD card with 2 gigabytes of memory, an MP3 player, FM radio, calendar, on and on. You can fit 2 if them in a pack of cigarettes.
I totally missed it.
Today fax machines are so common I have one at home and one in the shop. Both also function as ink jet printers. If I had specialized in fax machines who knows what would be today.
A few years later I saw a tower going up between Marshall and Clarksville. It had to be a cell phone tower. I did some investigating and found it was Cellular One from Danville. I met with Chuck (the manager) in Marshall and had in my hand the contract to be the first agent outside of Danville. I was working for a GTE Mobilenet agent at the time selling office machines (yes, including faxes) and as part of my employment had signed a non-competition agreement.
I pondered on it. My employer knew the non-comp agreement was unenforcable. I did not directly sell phones, I was in a different license area, even in a different state. But I looked around. At the time we were selling Panasonic transportables (they were about the size of my current fax machine) for $1600. I looked at the market and thought "I might be able to sell maybe a dozen in the Marshall area."
I REALLY missed it. There are more cell phones than that waiting in line at McDonald's
Maybe cell phone is not a very good description. My cell phone has a 3.2 megapixel camera, video camera and player, a mini SD card with 2 gigabytes of memory, an MP3 player, FM radio, calendar, on and on. You can fit 2 if them in a pack of cigarettes.
I have a friend who runs his business from his cell phone. His billing,etc is from his computer, but his communication and scheduling are all on his phone
So I am wondering what I am missing today?
So I am wondering what I am missing today?
1 comment:
You're missing a real smartphone, and a decent connection for it in West Union (there's hardly any point in having a smartphone unless you have 3G, in my experience of visiting your neck of the woods).
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