mark lawton

the ramblings of a flexible worker - messaging | mobility | conferencing | convergence | unified comms | collaboration | productivity + related stuff

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

down at Microsoft in Reading for a big Unified Comms session with the BT Business Sales/Specialists teams - should be interesting.......

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gartner report on Ipt states that "By end 2013, 40% of enterprise knowledge workers will have abandoned or removed their desk phones

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also listened to Gladwell's latest book "OUTLIERS" -again fantastic listen if you want to understand what really makes make people excellent

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

looking forward to some root canel work on Monday performed by a particularly un-emotional Polish dentist - so might be off air for a day :)

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Interested in workplace psychology? - "BLINK" my Malcolm Gladwell - awesome book and explains some scary things about the way we behave

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

took delivery of a Microsoft Roundtable - great piece of kit but might be a little over the top for a homeworker! http://bit.ly/uHTl1

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@UCC_experience good stuff mate

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

also for great productivity tips, especially for information workers like most of us - check out the 43folders podcasts in itunes.

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

decided to only post to twitter when I have something interesting to say - might cut down on the number of posts!

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

Like me are you having trouble managing your inbox? Checkout Merlin Mann's material @ inboxzero.com - this guy is a genius and hilarious!

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Tuesday - travelled to Sheffield to see a real live customer - makes a refreshing change to really debate the business benefits of UC - good

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

spent monday night in brum - really embracing this office work! 1000's of rotarians here for big conference - impressed with live jazz

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

well after 2 days working from home had to get back to reality! headed into birmingham - 2 hour commute and £8.20 parking but productive!

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

tested out some new OCS kit we have on trial - the ClearOne Chat 170 Speakerphone http://bit.ly/YC4O5 - which worked incredibly well

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

experience of working from a "real" office was pretty good - so good that I went back the next day! - commute home was shockingly bad.......

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@STnortelfeed - would that be BT then....... :)

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rare occassion today - I am actually going into the office - a crawl into birmingham - lets see what the experience is like! @bodonline

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@ucc_experience - hey mate how you doing - just wanted to test the @ facility

[mark lawton @workanywhere]

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” - Einstein