Hidden “features”

Sometimes things don't work right, for reasons that are anything but obvious.

For example, today I finally realized that my phone was putting itself into "do not disturb" mode when I place if face-down on my desk (or on my car seat).

For a long time, I wondered why my podcasts would pause when I put the phone face-down. And why I would have missed calls — for no apparent reason — when I was certain my phone had not rung.

Turns out, my phone was "helping me" by deciding to go silent without my knowledge. It’s a “feature”.

Once I knew that, it was easy enough to find the setting and disable that silly thing.

It was burried deep in an obscure settings page, but it was there.

Here's the thing:

If I'd had someone to ask, I could have solved this long ago.

It was a pebble in my shoe, but I lived with it and learned to work around it.

But now that I've found and fixed it, life is just better.

What little mysteries are bugging you?

CiviCRM seems like it has a mind of its own sometimes?

It probably doesn't. You might just need a little help figuring it out.

All the best,
A.