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Round 4: Tools of your trade: Technology From Lisa Date: March 1, 2002 8:30 AM Next: What technology would you invent to make your job easier? From: Heather Date: March 3, 2002 4:09 PM
From: Luke Date: March 4, 2002 2:13 PM Sorry for the delay in replying. I moved last week and am now set up in a different home office altogether! There are people I work with who would like if I had a Webcam, as they'd like it for Web meetings. However, I'm worried that it would be a slippery slope from Web meetings to leaving the camera on all the time. Call me paranoid, but I could see myself receiving "Big Brother" messages asking why I wasn't at my desk for the last five minutes. So I'm fighting the push to have a Webcam. I'd love to have teleportation - so I could live wherever I want and work wherever I'm needed and good voice-activated word processing software - I bet it already exists, but it's too expensive for me. Maybe I'm lazy, but I'd just love to be able to write without having to touch the keyboard. Cheers, Luke From: Craig Date: March 4, 2002 4:46 PM If I could invent better equipment (and maybe this already exists), I would want whatever is required to have a full-sized writing page when I dial up to reply to my e-mail. Also, I would like an easier way to attach Word files to my e-mail on my office computer, files that I write from scratch at home. And I would like all of the computer prompts to be more intuitive for non-techies like me. I highly doubt they "clinic" new applications with non-techies. Drop-down menus seldom place functions I need where I figure they ought to be. And I know I'm not alone with this... From: Antonia Date: March 4, 5:54 PM Hello, My colleagues and I use a project tracking Web site as a communication mechanism. It is a place to post Web pages for discussion, documents for comment, links for common access, and other types of information. The Web site is turning out to be a very good place where all the information is shared, and everyone has access. It does have its downfalls though.
What else would I invent... The teleportation unit would be a heck of an idea. I am all over Ontario right now - meeting with various people so that can be a bit of a strain. Better voice-to-text software would be a real blessing also. One thing I would really like would be a Web site where I could go, log-in, and bounce ideas off of other professionals in the field. I work in a small office, and on a small team - I really wish that I had more people around me to collaborate with. I envision an on-line community of professionals and experts who are - a place dedicated to my area of work. Oh the possibilities, Antonia From: Heather Date: March 5, 2002 9:14 AM Antonia, Re: Prompting people for a rationale.. Yes! It's so much harder to challenge an arbitrary decision when you're working at a physical distance. In person, it's much easier to show someone the page and have a casual conversation about the change and the rationale, and perhaps show them why they *shouldn't* change the material. And the web site would reduce the isolation considerably! Heather Round 1: Meet and greet Round 2: Challenges: That long-distance feeling Round 3: Benefits: Pets, PJs, peace and quiet Round 4: Tools of your trade: technology Round 5: The work-life balance: setting boundaries Round 6: Motivation: Making fear your friend
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Photo by Taras Kovaliv
