{"id":7220,"date":"2011-02-03T19:47:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T00:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2022-03-02T07:18:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:18:32","slug":"geography-collapsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/geography-collapsed\/","title":{"rendered":"Geography Collapsed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m in New Orleans, Louisiana this week. Unfortunately I&#8217;m not here for <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=3849\">a family visit<\/a> this time, but purely for business. That means I haven&#8217;t had much of an opportunity to get out into the city. I&#8217;m spending long hours in a hotel meeting room during the day. Then in the evening I have to catch-up with all my other work that continued to collect during daylight hours. I do manage to get out for a little while now and then so don&#8217;t feel too sorry for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enjoying the View and Reminiscing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/new-orleans-riverwalk.jpg\" alt=\"Riverwalk Market in New Orleans. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See, here&#8217;s an instance where I found time to grab lunch along the Mississippi River at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.riverwalkmarketplace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Riverwalk Marketplace<\/a>. Fortunately I got to watch barges and the Algiers Ferry pass hypnotically for about an hour. I&#8217;ve taken a ride on <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=21745\">that ferry<\/a> before. Unfortunately today I&#8217;ll have to be a spectator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge in the distance is the Crescent City Connection. It leads to one of my favorite geo-oddities and trivia questions, <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=72\">where west is east<\/a>. I have fond memories of many places in New Orleans from the dozens of times I&#8217;ve returned . Naturally I also have a few anecdotes from days when I was younger and more rambunctious. However I&#8217;m not the typical tourist here anymore. I&#8217;m too old to deal with hurricane hangovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and to the person who turned off the heat in New Orleans: please flip the switch back on. I didn&#8217;t come all the way down south to experience temperatures barely above freezing. I can get plenty of that back home. Thank you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Times Change and So Does Technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve noticed a wonderful development during this trip. My employer has finally rolled out a completely-functioning and integrated Voice over IP network throughout our organization. We&#8217;ve at long last hit a tipping point &#8212; probably something you experienced years ago but my employer is a bit behind the times so please bear with me &#8212; and literally it no longer matters where I sit physically to do my job. We&#8217;re already teleworking regularly. It&#8217;s only a matter of time before they take that next logical step and close those redundant office buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t get me wrong, we&#8217;ve been very close to that standard for a long time. However the final tools have been turned on. Now my laptop completely replicates my office setup in every respect and detail. Nobody can tell if I&#8217;m sitting in my office or at home or in a hotel, or on the dark side of the moon. It&#8217;s completely invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of my peers work hundreds of miles away as do most of my direct reports. 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