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The content of the world wide web (WWW) is doubling every 53 days...
Improve your searching skills!
[source: I forgot; exact date: I forgot]
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31 Dec 1999 - what'll happen?
Everyone's on pins and needles.
Will the world survive the Y2K "crisis?"
Probably.
But I'm a little anxious, I hope you understand, given that my 1.6GB hard disk just
crashed and took all my company data with it!
Do your back ups today...
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30 Aug 1999 - 5mx
My new Psion arrives. I'm now using a Series 5mx which is markedly faster than the
Series 5 (which I dropped and now it has a busted screen)! In particular, the calendar
agenda program is much quicker on the new processor, which is very good news for me as my
agenda is HUGE!
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10 Nov 1998 - big Mac!
I was gifted a powerful Mac today. My friend Beth gave me her Apple Macintosh IIci with
Daystar 68040 daughter board, 80MB of RAM, and 1GB hard disk. This blows the doors off my
other machines!
Later I will turn it into my graphics workstation for scanning photos and documents and
testing and developing web sites.
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9 Jun 1998 - 169 / d 
While doing some research and course preparation, I found the results of a study.
Unfortunately, I did not note the source.
The important thing the study said is that the average worker receives 169
communications per day.
Wow.
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14 Jan 1998 - first web purchase
I bought a portable modem today from a nice man in Florida. I think he couldn't get it
to work (probably because it was an unusual make) so he offered it cheap. He discovered I
was interested in a compact modem from my Psion web site!
This, long before I'd make a purchase on eBay...
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3 May 1997 - Psion services
Today I sold a Psion to the man who introduced them to me. Chris Wiles sold me my first
Psion in '93.
I now offer a full range of Psion services: sales, support, training, mild repair,
rentals (for evaluation or during repairs or recovery), information web site, client
newsletter, running of local user group. High times!
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2 Mar 1997 - LCII
Bought my first colour Apple Macintosh today, used, from a friend.
The LCII is a modest little machine. In fact, it has very limited memory capabilities.
Still, it offers me a chance to learn System 7.
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My Psion web site, curiously called Series 4, appears in Yahoo! My email inbox and
phone go red hot with orders, pre-orders, info requests. Finally the Canadian distributor
calls to ask what the hell is going on! I explained it is simply a site name, what I
decided to call my Psion information web site. We get a good chuckle out of it.
Little did I know that the Psion Siena was about to be launched!
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21 Aug 1995 - domain registered
The "paperwork" for the Computer Ease domain is submitted to the interNIC for
approval. I've applied for http://computer-ease.com/
which appears to be available.
A week later it will be approved so that the company becomes a presence on the
internet.
The first generation web site is launched!
About one month later, the site is listed in Yahoo!
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28 Jul 1995 - full net access
Set up my full internet account with -the-wire-,
small but highly recommeded shop downtown Toronto.
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10 Mar 1995 - Mosaic Netscape
Installed and started using the Netscape world wide web browser software by Mosaic.
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25 Sep 1994 - super fast modem
Bought a US Robotics 28.8k fax modem today!
This replaces my 19.2k modem.
USR makes great modems. Easy to setup. Very compatible.
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25 Jul 1994 - 25 million
The Internet reaches nearly 25 million users.
--Time Magazine
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4 Jul 1994 - lost and found
I lost my Psion palmtop a few times. Believe it or not, it was returned. This was due
in part to having an ID sticker on the outside with my contact information noted.
But on 24 Jun I ran out of luck. I left my wallet and palmtop at a restaurant in a
less-than ideal neighbourhood.
Today I picked up my replacement palmtop (thanks to my home insurance policy and Bell
Mobility): a Psion Series 3a.
The new machine features 256KB of internal memory!
I also picked up a larger SSD memory card, 512KB! Woo hoo!
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Bought an Apple Personal LaserWriter Select 360 printer.
It featured a parallel printer port so I could connect it to my Windows 3.1 computer.
It featured a LocalTalk port so I could connect it to my Apple Macintosh SE computer.
It offered 600 dpi which was pretty good for the time. Not cheap though.
It also featured one button: on/off. Nice and simple!
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26 Jul 1993 - Computer Ease born
Registered the company name as a sole proprietor in Ontario.
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19 Jan 1993 - my first Psion
Funny timing...
Chris Wiles, a fellow co-worker at OMAF, a reseller of these strange portable handheld
industrial computers by Psion, told me that UK manufacturer had just launched a clamshell
unit with a QWERTY keyboard.
Within a month of destroying my Sharp, I had a new machine (a Psion Series 3) in my
hands.
Little did I know it would be the beginning of a love affair! And that within 3 weeks I
would buy a (proprietary) 128KB RAM SSD memory card.
Belated Merry Christmas!
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25 Dec 1992 - I killed it
My Sharp organiser died. I had dropped it, sat on it, tossed it, spilled drinks on it,
generally abused my organiser.
It was acting a little weird, so I opened it up. And broke some ribbon cables.
I had killed it!
Merry Christmas.
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30 Nov 1991 - taught for Ivy
I delivered a couple of computer course for Ivy Computer Centres. This would mark the
beginning of my "new" career, leaving the worlds of technical support, help
desks, and programming, for instructor-led training.
Ten years later I would realise oddly, suddenly, that I was not burnt out! I had
finally found work that I really truly enjoyed...
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22 Oct 1990 - my first organiser
I bought a Sharp ZQ-5300 electronic organiser from Willson Stationers, after evaluating
loaner Sharp Wizards and Casio Boss machines, provided to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, where I was working at the time.
I also bought the PC data transfer cable.
It featured a QWERTY keyboard. If I remember correctly, it had 64KB of memory. In short
order I ran out of space. So my frequent backup was escalated so that I could delete old
data...
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