Today’s Mobile Workforce
Just a decade ago, work meant suits, ties and 9 – 5 office time. Clock in. Clock out. But a surge in our need for “work-life balance,” couple with the growth of mobile networks has drastically changed our workplace, just since I’ve started my career. Today we are always “on,” always available. Today’s wireless networks are allowing us to truly be mobile. With networks like Verizon’s 4G LTE, speed and connectivity is no longer an issue. I can be at Zach’s t-ball game without missing…
Can You Hear Me Now, World?
I recently returned from a long-anticipated family vacation to the Italian countryside. We were remote. Very remote. We are talking rocky dirt roads (our poor rental car!), howling wild dogs and nothing around us but olive groves and grape vines. It was beautiful. No TV. No phone at the farm house we rented. Yet . . . I was connected. Not 100% of the time, but connected nevertheless. My wireless Blackberry was on, working, and kept me tethered to the world at home. I was…
Wireless Killed the Video Star
As the 1979 song by the Buggles chanted “video killed the radio star,” honoring those musicians whose career was cut short by the television, it looks like 30 years later history is repeating itself as digital technologies have taken over our traditional TV’s, DVD players and cell phones allowing consumers to solely fulfill their entertainment needs through wireless and broadband services. It today’s Web 2.0 world, traditional technologies seem to be getting lost in the translation by the latest Blue Ray players, laptops and smart…
