I once left a keynote session to sit with Donald Farmer for a few minutes while he was in the speaker room getting ready for his session later in the day. For the record, Buck Woody (blog | @buckwoody) was at the table with Donald as well, and this is the actual first recorded moment in history when Buck and I ever spoke. I think his first words were “Why would you go listen to Donald speak when you could hear me instead?”
Anyway, after about ten minutes I went back to my seat to find that my laptop had a brand new wallpaper image showing me a fine strapping young man from FDNY who took time from his busy schedule to have his photo taken along with some friends which were then assembled into a calendar format.
That’s right: I did not lock my laptop when I got up and left. And my “friends” decided to teach me a valuable lesson.
Always lock your devices. Always. Laptops, phones, iPad…nothing is safe.
Unless you really dig firemen.
