Craig's BoilerRoom

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I'm not sure if this is coincidence or just a fact of life. These days I feel like I spend more time fixing and maintaining my social media tools than I do actually using them. Here's a quick snap shot of my past week ....

1. BlackBerry sync decides that it no longer wants to update my calendar or my contacts. I probably spent 3-4 hours on getting back to the point where it will at least sync the calendar. I'm afraid to try to activate the contact sync (smile).
2. My BlackBerry is having trouble holding UMA calling and I am not sure if it is Rim, Qwest, T-Mobile, or my modem.
3. Chrome was giving me issues on both our main website as well as my Gmail plugins (Gist and Rapportive) so I was forced to return to FireFox and configure that for my use. Still, I have to wonder if our website views properly for others who are using Chrome. The issue is Chrome's apparent inability to display YouTube videos consistently.
4. My flash plug in just crashed in the latest release of FireFox. LOL
5. WordPress came out with version 3.0 and, with the help of a friend, we did to that update. However, I probably spent 5-6 hours researching plugin compatibility and other potential hazards. Still, after all that, it apparently caused a minor glitch in the CSS which has been found and corrected.
6. One of my contact forms on the website is not CAPTCHA protected so I had to remove it and create a workaround as it was attracting spammers.
7. HootSuite came out with a great new version but one of their coolest new features, the ability to share images on FaceBook, is broken on their Hootlet which I use the hell out of.

All of this sure takes the fun out of things! As each new issue arises, I need to take the time to try to determine if it is me, everybody, temporary, software related, or hardware related. I run between my desktop, my laptop, and my wife's computer in attempts to isolate the problem(s). If I ass/u/me it is temporary and decide not to take any steps, and then come to find out it is something I have to correct ..... well that's lost time and that also sucks.

I suppose it is the nature of the beast :(