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    Please Be Nice to Customer Support People

    August 13th, 2007

    In my younger years, I spent a few months working for a small software vendor, doing tech support. Indeed, it was a thankless job, as I had to figure out precisely what users on both the Mac and Windows platforms were doing to mess up the product and help get them up and rolling once […]


    Newsletter #356 Preview: The Mac Hardware Report: Quality Control Problems Recede

    September 25th, 2006

    You can definitely say that the spring and summer seasons weren’t particularly pleasant for Apple’s technical support people. With persistent reports of ongoing defects with the MacBook and MacBook Pro, and a huge battery recall to contend with, you might wonder why some bother working such a pressure-laden and thankless job. True, the arrival of […]