Bring Back that Human Touch

For those of us born before the 1990s, so much of the digital world still seems a futuristic. Alan Kay, one of the fathers of modern computing, once remarked that “Technology is anything that was invented after you were born, everything else is just stuff.” For most of us alive…
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The Horrors of Calling Customer Support

No one likes calling customer support. We’ve all had experiences where we waited on hold forever, been transferred multiple times, talked to support staff who didn’t understand what we needed, and on and on. Some industries are especially notorious for this, including telecoms, airlines, and financial institutions, but it’s no…
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