The Future As Seen By Me In 2010
Well looky here, things one has scanned in eh. (ignore the photo, that's some guy that made some accounting software, not sure what became of him ;) MIKE RIVERSDALE is fuming. The expensive headphones he bought in Sydney three weeks ago have just died. His first reaction is not to randomly spill expletives into his coffee, but to use his iPhone to vent his frustration to his Twitter con- tacts, under the moniker Miramar Mike. "I will also put, 'What should I do?' It's a conversation. I'm reaching out to the people following me." The council predicts hand-held digital devices such as smartphones will rule the world in 2040. They already rule the life of Mr Riversdale, whose company WaveAdept helps businesses adapt - their computing sys- tems to allow staff to work from anywhere - and with anyone. In order of fre- equency, he uses his iPhone to tweet (1136 followers; 8363 tweets since joining), e-mail, make phone calls and use online services, such as checki
you seem to have become a real skeptic when it comes to technology. Blame it on the vendors not on technology. The vendors in their bid to make their numbers, make promises which simply may not be the best possible solutions.
ReplyDeleteI got to your blog while searching for a review on google apps.
White boards are a cheap workable solution when two people can get together in the same room, the collaborative apps helps when this becomes difficult given the pressing demands of our time.
Collaborative technologies can really help when people cant get together quickly enough. Am no fan(of collaborative tech) but just my two bit worth.
Hey Sachin, great to have you reading and thanks for the thoughts.
ReplyDeleteHee hee - have always been a "this is JUST a tool to get something done" person. And, if it's just a tool then it would be remiss of me to point out that there are other tools.
You are correct, the whiteboard works in certain situations, online collaboraton tools in others - it's a combination of all tools in the appropriate manner that gets things done.
Vendors do indeed make promises that their software is not suited to. Also IT Departments do the same and "real people" (users) also endeavour to fit round pegs into square holes.
I think we're both totally agreeing with each other :-) Thanks again