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Why sit up, when you can lay down?
January 13, 2010 – 8:37 pm | Comments
Why sit up, when you can lay down?

Historian Paul Johnson, in his latest book is a biography about Winnie aptly named Churchill, says, Churchill had an “efficient habit of spending a working morning in bed, telephoning, dictating, and consulting.”

GM to offer WiFi in vehicles
October 27, 2009 – 1:38 pm | Comments
GM to offer WiFi in vehicles

AutoNews is reporting that GM is embracing WiFi as a vehicle option. Sounds great, at first glance anyway:
General Motors is making an Internet router available as a dealer-installed option on select vehicles throughout its Buick, …

Defining an industry: The Mobile Workforce
October 27, 2009 – 11:46 am | Comments
Defining an industry: The Mobile Workforce

The dramatic changes in the way people work since the advent of the computer and the internet often occur at such a pace that not even language can keep pace. One sign of mainstream acceptance …

Geocities Permanently Evacuated
October 26, 2009 – 12:23 pm | Comments
Geocities Permanently Evacuated

Geocities ist kaput. The once-popular service has been on life-support for years and the plug finally was pulled today. This termination officially marks the end of the dotcom bubble era, Geocities being arguably one of …

AT&T, Defender of Rural America
October 10, 2009 – 8:40 pm | Comments
AT&T, Defender of Rural America

Rural Americans awoke a couple weeks ago to find themselves with an unlikely champion against a threat they likely did not know nor care about; having their numbers blocked from Google Voice users. AT&T had …

The View from above: The value of facetime
September 28, 2009 – 9:42 pm | Comments
The View from above: The value of facetime

It is important for us as mobile workers to know not only what we need and want from a employer, but it is important for us to understand what the employer wants as well. That …