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Aucbvax.2183 fa.works utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!works Thu Jul 9 03:28:31 1981 Re: not putting phone messages into electronic mail files >From JWALKER@BBNA Thu Jul 9 03:25:19 1981 The answer to "how do I read my electronic mail from home..."?

I have heard PARC aficionados say "Well, you WON'T work at home. You'll be so much more productive during the day that you can leave your work behind when you walk out the door." This position does not constitute an answer to the problem. It is imperative that we consider all modes of work in designing the next generation of working environments. More people will start to work at home -- surely we have all heard predictions of electronic piece work and cottage industry. More people travelling on business will be carrying tiny terminals with them.

The question is serious. People have to think about how to subset both the hardware and the software so that the essential style of the interaction can remain. Of course someone working away from their normal desk is somewhat handicapped now, but with good planning (taking the right papers and materials with you) you can write more on a plane than you can at your desk in the same elapsed time. Workers whose desks are electronic shouldn't be prevented in principle from having analogous benefits.

Jan

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