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The Future As Seen By Me In 2010

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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
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BYOD, At Schools

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It seems to me that many, but by no means all, of schools around New Zealand, have realised that asking their pupils to bring in their own laptops is both a boom and a cost saving exercise. And, on a side note, I await New Zealand businesses to catch up especially as , in a few short years, these pupils will be entering the workforce with expectations of using their own tech and baulk at the crap most given to perform their food-buying, mortgage-paying work upon. I was emailed by a friend recently upon one school's approach to "BYOD" and asked my thoughts: ... the intermediate school my child  is due to attend next year is mandating the purchase of a specific type of HP laptop and associated MS licences. Or else they don't get to bring a device to school and will have to use ones they provide. The "benefits" I can work out are that all warranty / support / maintenance are supposedly carried out by the school as part of the purchase of this $850 laptop.
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