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Saturday, December 25. 2010

Christmas 2010

Princess Bay
Princess Bay late on Christmas 2010.

High points of Christmas:

  • Ada playing with a pair of Barbie-esque dolls at my in-laws’. She announced to me that they were a mermaid Mama, a fairy Mama, and their babies were in the back of their speedboat which could also fly. Apparently when the fairy falls in the water the mermaid swims to rescue her, and the fairy rescues the mermaid if she falls out of the boat when it’s flying.
  • Being told by Ada to put my phone away so I wouldn’t get distracted by it while she explained the details of the aforementioned family.
  • Ada’s delight at her camera and her Lego crocodile.
  • Maire’s delight at her guitar and bag.
  • My father-in-law’s pleasure at Ada having selected a great book for him.
  • Maire’s pleasure at Ada’s present, which, again, Ada had selected.
  • The K9 Mail client for the Android.

Low Point:

The Vivitar camera doesn’t fucking talk to Windows 7, or Windows XP, or Linux. So Ada’s 15 Christmas photos are lost. Off to Dick Smith’s tomorrow to roundly abuse them for selling the product that ruined my Christmas evening. And then buy her a non-Vivitar camera, because not only does the camera not work, their site has no driver downloads, manuals, or information about any of their products. Fuck Vivitar.

Posted by Rodger Donaldson in Misc at 20:39 | Comment (1) | Trackbacks (0)
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Yeah, too common an experience I think, and as a technical writer I wince when I hear about inadequate/absent documentation.

I think purchasing decisions would be significantly different if people had information about support and so forth when they make the initial decision. If Dick Smith cared about the whole value of what they sell, they could have internet access which made it easy to check the websites and reviews of the things they have in store. Preferably at the end of each isle. There are a few things I’ve wrestled with and would not have bought if I’d known how inadequate the support was. Perhaps I should factor this function into the total benefit provided by a proper internet-capable phone.

One of the things about Trade Me which I really like is the reviews and ratings. It makes it easier for a vendor’s or product’s reputation to be assessed at the point where it makes the most difference to the purchase decision. I hope (and kind of expect) that that sort of facility will increase over time.

#1 .carla on 2010-12-26 09:15 (Reply)

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