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Unwired’s Impact on my Business

It is interesting to look at the potential impact that Unwired has on my business. I am an engineering consultant, and much of my work involves getting information around. Or more correctly working out how to do that. This may sound easy, but implementing it is often hard given the limitations of each piece of technology.

From my point of view, Unwired is a technology that provides great benefits for my clients. Basically it is easy to use, and provides and Ethernet interface. Unfortunately it is only available in Sydney and maybe other capitals, but the abstraction of the communications infrastructure is useful. Basically I can attach whatever piece of equipment in that I like, and it will just work.

Charlotte’s Web

There is a story on the SMH WWW Site saying how the movie of Charlotte’s Web is being filmed in Victoria. I had not heard that this was being filmed. I will be interested to see the resultsm as I am slightly sceptical about putting this onto film.

GPS Tracking

There is an article in The Australian about how a truck was stolen in Sydney with $2m worth of computer games, and was recovered thanks to a GPS tracking system inside. I Whilst these were not my GPS trackers, this is the type of work I do. Not stealing the trucks, but tracking them.

Outsourcing Gone Mad

People these days are outsourcing everything. Many companies have outsourced the provision of IT servces, so if a computer fails on a desk you ring a helpdesk for a different company, and they send out one of their technicians to fix things. Well, according to The LA Times McDonalds is going this with Drive Through. They are getting a callcentre to take orders in some restraunts as a trial to see if it improves service. That is, the people in the store with drive through would not be the ones taking your order, but someone hundreds or thousands of Km away.

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