Each of our desks also has access to the three phone lines, and can plug into an ample number of power outlets. I ve also prewired the room with a coax cable connection to each desk making the room ready for a WAVE cable modem connection which is actually supposed to be installed some two weeks from now. At that point, I ll probably add a new PC to the network and stick a Web server in the basement. At this point, a simple Windows95 peer to peer network. Some three machines are plugged in permanently, and one or two others come and go at will depending on what we are doing and where we are working.
Files flow back and forth effortlessly.
The simple fact of the matter is that I use technology as a wonderful tool that helps me to have a great lifestyle. Heck, my lawnmower is portable, and so is my garden hoe. It is a capability that I sincerely believe in. In my newest, solo book, Surviving the Information Age, I set out to help motivate people to adapt to the technological change occurring all around them. In the book, I spend some time to explain the impact technology will have on our future lives.