Gizmodo reports on a door that only opens just enough space to let a person through. Sensors determine how to far to open each section of the door.
This could be useful to stop bugs from getting into a rooom and reduce heat loss.
But a bigger benefit could be to prevent bystanders from peeking into a room when the door is opened.
TechCrunch is reporting that Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft. What a loss for Microsoft. Robert has been key in rebuilding Microsoft’s relationship with IT professionals of all stripes.
Here is his first post on the subject.
For everyone who lives by their Blackberry, here is a novel way to get some breathing time. Gizmodo reports on a Chicago hotel that offers to lockup your Blackberry. This is another way of accountability to allow you to get some freedom from that little device.
From Reuters
Who would have thought. HP a leader in so many things, is withdrawing from telecommuting. This is such a short sighted move and is sure to cause many high performing individuals to look for alternative employment.
With gas prices ever increasing, increase pollution from moving people from one place to another, just so they can be in the same room and the decreasing amount of time parents have to spend with their families, this is just a no-win strategy.
The benefits of telecommuting have been documented for several years now. If there is a problem, it is most likely with people management skills of those involved with staff hwo are telecommuting. Having staff all in one place is not going to solve that problem.