It is not just Chrysler closing offices and factories this holiday season. As Chris Nuttall and Richard Waters report in Financial Times (December 22), a Christmas shut-down in Silicon Valley will take place from December 22 to January 5th. Did you go from complaining about...
Ben Stein starts his Everybody's Business Column of August 24 (NYT) Connected, Yes, But Hermetically Sealed by quoting Jean-Jacques Rousseau "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains"... The chains in question are not physical ones but rather of the electronic kind. ...
Every so often as it did in the past few days, I lose my internet connection. In our always on world, we somehow got used to the idea that internet access is like water. You turn the faucet and there it is. My 16 year old does not understand why it does not work when it...
Obviously since I have now been writing Serge the Concierge for close to 3 years and more recently Just Over 50 and Not Dead Yet for my Panel at South by Southwest Interactive on March 8, I spend a decent amount of time online.I do not twitter or check my e-mail while on the...
How many of us would get more done if we stepped away from the office, turned off the phone and left our e-mail inbox alone, at least for a time? We would if we did.
Rather than being pestered for a quick answer and inundated with e-mails many of today's office workers and online citizens are turning to the 'out of the office' automated reply for e-mail relief. This is what Sean Coughlan reports in 'Out of office,...
Being constantly connected and available is a recipe for disaster unless there is a real emergency going on. A prospective client recently could not fathom why I gave the hours and days when I was available. It seemed odd to me that a professional who set boundaries as to his...
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