Basia Burch created GEOMETRY-134:
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Summary: Wireless Technology
Key: GEOMETRY-134
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEOMETRY-134
Project: Apache Commons Geometry
Issue Type: Bug
Reporter: Basia Burch
It may sound Neanderthal, (and I am hesitant to admit it), but the first time I
touched or had anything to do with computers and such technology was when I was
twenty-three years old. I was sweaty-palmed, breathing shallowly; heart
pounding and my anxiety levels were in the red. My, then, boss was taking on
the megalith task of teaching me how to use a computer! At the end of my first
lesson I knew what the C Drive was. I was elated. Emancipated! And it was then
that a parallel technological universe opened itself up to me and swallowed me
whole. Technology made itself manifest in my life. I mean, I suddenly had
'skills'.
Susan is a twenty nine-year old mother of two. She and her spouse manage a
successful nucleus business with offices which they administer from home. She
is up at 5am every morning, pops off to the gym, and makes sure she is back in
time to wake up the kids and get them ready for the day that lies ahead. John,
her husband, is tasked with getting the kids to their day-care while Susan
quickly showers and gets busy with the first order of their business day. By
the time John gets back business is in full swing. Susan has already sent out
her first batch of e-mails, confirmed both of her meetings for the day,
forwarded that ever-so-important proposal for the 'big-wigs' and is in the
middle of the conference call with the importer that could change their lives.
Upon closer inspection the office seems sparse. True it has the harmonious flow
of its Feng Shui design. The designer rug and art do make that understated
statement. The minimalistic retro office furniture is suited to their profile
but what is strikingly missing are the large fax machines and computers,
laptops even, modems and the endless array of office equipment one would expect
to see to make an office an office. Susan needs to leave to get to her first
meeting on time. Things have run smoothly for the day so that she will be able
to do her projections and reports just as she had hoped to do. She is on track.
She picks up her keys, her handbag and her state of the art mobile phone.
That's it. She goes to her meeting which runs without a hitch. She makes the
presentation to the client and looks forward to the positive outcome from the
effort that she has put into the project.
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I, on the other hand, can now 'help' myself on a PC. I am no longer intimidated
into a corner by Facebook or Outlook! The difference between Susan and I is
that Susan has cutting edge technology that makes her cutting edge. In the past
twenty odd years since I was twenty- three, (I am not at liberty to say how
many odd years), I have become reliant on technology to run and administer not
only my professional life but my personal one too. Susan, and I suspect you,
actually inhabit the twenty-first century. Susan and I suspect you, live at a
pace and under very real pressures of performing well to be able to sustain a
modicum of lifestyle for yourselves and those around you. It is not enough to
tap into technology as a crutch, when the use of technology at its most
effective can be a support system that is not only reliable but convenient and
aesthetic to boot. How much more efficient do you get than picking up your
phone encased in its Bluetooth Ultra-Thin Slide-Out Wireless Keyboard that
takes your office and business to where you really need it - to where you are.
How simple is that?
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