Believe it or not, I have never owned a Mac. I know, it sounds pretty crazy (if you are a mac user it does, anyway), but I have always just ended up using Window’s-based PCs. I have always considered getting a mac, but early on was turned away by having to choose between a mac [...]
I’ve now been using SugarSync’s multi-computer sync software for about three days now, and, after spending some time playing with it, I have to say I love it! There are some things I recommend they improve upon, but all-in-all after you start using it you’ll wonder how you ever got along before SugarSync.
What it does
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As mobility and seamless communications become part of our every day work lives, we will begin to notice that there are a lot of empty cubes and offices in our office buildings. While I was working at Accenture many years ago, they implemented a system by which we would simply reserve space for those days [...]
Those of us who frequently switch between different laptops (you know you’re one of us!) have always had to make sure that the files we need for that day are on the laptop we are bringing with us. Well, we finally have a solution that will work for us! I just got a message from [...]
From the Blackberry to seamless and intelligent communications
One specific change that will affect the information worker of the future, and which was alluded to in my last IWF post about mobility, is the rise in seamless, and increasingly intelligent, communications. Most of us who are constantly “plugged in” are familiar with the short buzz or [...]
A while ago, I was asked what the workplace of the future would look like. How would the way we work change? How would we use new tools to increase efficiency, and potentially mobility.
One major area of change - and we are just starting to see how some of these technological advances are changing the [...]