Most great ideas are really simple. And often, simple ideas take some time to understand in the real world. myTsafe is just one of those simple yet great ideas. I knew that instinctively when I first came across it, but hadn’t yet figured out ‘what it can do for me’. Well, now I know, and it has saved me a lot of aggravation already!
I have a 12 (nearly 13) year old son who, whilst visiting family ‘up north’, had some homework to do. As usual these days, it needed to be done on a computer so off he went to use Grandpa’s laptop. After a considerable time he emerged having created a really good piece of work which he was delighted with. So, ‘what are you going to do now’, I asked. ‘Put it on my stick’ he replied. Now my lad is actually very good with technology but the next time he accidentally loses files when transferring them around won’t be the first! So my usual instinct at times like this would be to also take a copy onto my ‘stick’; but I wasn’t carrying one. At this point I could have left it to chance but, wait a minute, what about my ‘myTsafe’ account? Quick log in and transfer later and I can relax, knowing that was the end of the matter, or so I thought.
On returning home, I was in the car early one day when my ‘phone rang (hands free of course). The conversation went something like:
‘Dad, I need your help (sniffle sniffle)’
‘What’s up son?’
‘I’ve deleted my homework off my stick (blubber blubber)’
‘Which homework?’
‘The IT project I did at Grandpa’s’
Can you imagine how many Brownie points I earned in the next 30 seconds?
‘Well, you need to be more careful but don’t worry, I have a safe copy which I can download for you tonight’
And that’s just the start of my myTsafe experience – who knows where it will end?
Richard Hinds
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