GOING MOBILE :

The Mobile Web (Edward B. Driscoll, Jr., 07/17/2002, Tech Central Station)

Millions of people already telecommute from home. But if people like Arturo Pereyra, general manager of WiFi Metro, Inc. have their way, they soon can telecommute -- or do homework, chat online, send e-mail, or about anything else you can do on a computer -- not just from home but everywhere they go. They'll be able to take advantage of what Ray Oldenburg once described as "a Third Place" -- not the home or office, but a place that combines the best features and the familiarity of both locations, and allows anyone with a properly equipped laptop to have a portable office, complete with high-speed Internet access.

Friend Driscoll loses me a bit when he starts flinging around "802.11b" but it sounds like it lets you do cool stuff. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 17, 2002 8:09 PM