However, the effect of tablets will not so much be to push people to work from home, per se, as to encourage them to work from wherever it makes the most sense to be at the moment.
(Source: Computerworld, Why Tron is a true story … or how the iPad is transforming the enterprise)
Naturally, I agree. I think the tablet is powerful in the sense that you can get 90%+ of your work done 100% of the time*.
The net result was wasted effort by their colleagues, unanticipated rework for them, and frustration all around.
(Source: Harvard Business Review, Managing a Virtual Team)
There are so many good points in this article.
As we – as a workforce – get more and more distributed, responses to the questions in this article will become critical in our success.
Reduce the content to its simplest form.
(Source: AVC, The Future of Media (aka Please Take My RSS Feed))
I remember reading this idea from AVC a long time ago. I’m not sure if it was this post specifically or any number of other posts referencing ‘Microchunk‘. What I do remember is the impact that one word had on me.
The other thing about the iPad that can’t be overstated is that it keeps you focused. You work or engage with one thing at a time. There are no overlapping windows to mess with your mind. Distractions are reduced to a minimum and you can just do what you need to do.
(Source: Bijan Sabet, My First Week With The iPad 3)
After I picked up my iPad, over 2 years ago, I had the same thought. I even published a post about why I felt the iPad is better than a laptop. While multi-tasking was all the rage, the iPad introduced a way to stay focused on specific items.
On Saturday, we headed down to the Brooklyn Taco Co. at the Essex Street Market here in New York. There were a few reasons for this:
The first two points probably don’t need a lot of explanation. Exploring this city is great, and being down in the Lower East Side area is always exciting. It’s a mix of having fun and being scared within each block.