From Friday’s Globe and Mail, People want less face time, poll finds. According to the article, a majority of Canadian office worksers would prefer to hold business meetings online, and fully 38% believe that all face to face meetings are unnecessary. The study was paid for by Microsoft — no doubt by the LiveMeeting group.
Nonetheless, powerful new technologies and the fallout from 9/11 have led us all to be more open to new communications technologies.Â
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
