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Thursday May 25, 2006

Type in "define:office" into the search engine at google and you get :

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed;

If that is true, my office today is the San Jose International Airport in San Jose, Califiornia. How come ?

Over the last two days, I attend a planning meeting for next financial year. This is about working on the goals for my team. Today was the day I was supposed to return home. The plan was to fly from San Jose to Chicago O'Hare and connect to a short flight to Manchester, New Hampshire, for a late arrival - a trip I've done several times before. When I arrived at the airport this morning, I was told that my flight to Chicago was delayed by 4 hours, meaning that I will miss my connecting flight home. I will have to stay in Chicago for the night to catch an afternoon flight to Manchester tomorrow. Equipped with my laptop, a tmobile wireless connection, my Sun email on IMAP over SSL, and my cell phone, I've now been working for 3 hours from a waiting bench in the departure lounge of the airport. This is weird experience. I _am_ productive, there are few interuptions, food/drink are within easy reach, there was just nothing that I did not have to do my work.

I guess we need to redefine the word "office" to

any time, any place where professionals are connected to perform business duties

Welcome to the participation age.

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