Thursday, October 20, 2005

Wireless technology changing work and play

Ahh - now the academic work life is like a mobile office!

'Geoffrey Bowker, executive director of a research institute at Santa Clara University, remembers a time when going to academic conferences meant leaving office concerns behind, hearing provocative lectures and getting to experience a new city. He especially liked visiting art galleries.

No longer.

Now, wherever Bowker goes, his office goes with him. E-mails, phone calls and office documents float into his hands, demanding his attention at all hours of the day. Through a cell phone and his laptop computer, Bowker is as connected to his office at conferences as when he is there in person.

The eroding distinction between work and play is one of the many paradoxes at the heart of our increasingly wireless world.'

Read this article in full at CNN

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