Mobile Miracles

Last week I took a brief trip to Sydney. It was a holiday, of sorts - an opportunity to visit an old friend who'd just had her third baby, to provide some domestic support and get my share of baby cuddles!

It was wonderful to see my friend and her family, but the trip was also noteworthy for me as an experiment in truly mobile working. Thanks to the glory of the Macbook, which comes complete with built-in camera and wireless networking, I was able to video-chat with clients in the UK while my Australian hosts slept. During a stop-over in Singapore, my children were amazed to be able to see the buzz of Singapore airport in the background when I called them up for a quick i-chat. The other passengers were a bit bemused at me chatting to my computer, but I thought it was great.
We Devant folks do get some odd looks from clients when we whip out our Macs - they're usually associated more with graphic designers than contract specialists. But I love my Mac. It does all the usual PC stuff - just with a little more style ;0).