“The infrastructure makes it possible for people to work where they want, when they want, how they want,”
Back in March, Mike Elgan wrote a piece about being a Digital Bedouin. How laptop computers were powerful enough for you to ditch your desktop. How the time was right to start using mobile broadband. And to embrace Skype to enable you to be on the phone from everywhere if need be.
It’s still surprising the number of companies which don’t work this way. For example, outfitting your senior people with Blackberry devices and smartphones is not going to make them extra-productive overnight. It just means you can email them when they’re at the zoo with their kids.
I’m going to be back doing the Bedouin thing in the next couple of months. Keep in touch.
I’ll definitely be keeping in touch, I’m still fascinated by this topic and considering a project based on it.
Cheers James. I think the recent announcement by BT and FON (which I’ll cover later I’m sure) is a big step forwards.