BBC News Article: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan  spoke at a technology conference hosted by the Wireless Internet Institute to focus attention on how wireless technology could help developing nations.

"It is precisely in places where no infrastructure exists that wi-fi can be particularly effective," said Mr Annan, "helping countries to leapfrog generations of telecommunications technology and infrastructure and empower their people."

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Personal Computer World Article, 06/11/2003:

While remote working is very much a buzzword at the moment, BTexact believes the concept will become redundant over the next few years, with the emphasis instead being placed on the establishment of a seamless working environment.

John Regnault of BTexact says "we will see virtualisation of the intranet or the office, so actually when you're talking mobility, everything is mobility. The office is just another static version of mobility."

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Clay Shirkey enlightened me today on the nuances of wiki wiki webs (wikis) by comparing them to web logs (blogs). My quick definitions: Blogs allow an individual to easily add timestamped updates to a web site. Wikis allow multiple people to edit basically any part of a website. Clay discusses the two in the context of a very public disagreement between a handful of well-known bloggers. In part, he's saying that the collaboration tools (the individual blogs) contributed to the spat. A different tool (a shared wiki) may work better to minimize personalities and focus on the work task at hand, in this case, reaching consensus on a new version of the RSS standard.

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