If this sounds familiar, it’s probably because it’s similar to my Second Rule for Knowledge Workers, the 40 hour illusion. Seems we’ve had a few cases of workers being asked to carry blackberry’s, or use VPN to log in to work during their off hours to answer questions, (share their “knowledge” with their employers), and…
One common theme I hear from “social media experts” is to make sure and keep your personal business out of the professional image you create for yourself online. Many people have come to interpret that as keeping separate profiles for their personal life and their professional life. This could be a mistake. Typically the argument…
I had a rather scary, and odd, experience while we were on the road back to Columbus yesterday. I have my blackberry setup to get email from my main Gmail account as well as my work email account, and as we were driving up Route 23 in Kentucky, I noticed an email to that Gmail…
I discovered this little bit of disappointment with Evernote while prepping for our trip to NYC late last week (pics to come, soon, I promise!). Apparently, at least on my blackberry, I am completely unable to login to the Evernote mobile website. I get an SSL error about the certificate not being allowed, even when…
That’s what Michelle Golden suggested last week, and I tend to agree. I see this most plainly trying to document the time I spend in the office. I’m an hourly employee, technically I’m supposed to do work in the office, and then stop. Except, in the era of constant connectivity, how am I really supposed…
Last week when I talked about my concern with the concept of “if you can’t manage it, ban it”, this was exactly the sort of clash of priorities I was thinking of. 2008 ABA Tech Survey Sees More Mobility Hmm, so attorney’s are going to want more mobility, and clients always want more responsiveness from…