Wise Words for You

Solid technology and a few creature comforts go a long way when setting up your home office. Whether you’re a work-from-home pro or banished from the office due to the coronavirus, this gear will help you power through. Wi-Fi and Connectivity Step one when working from home is having a solid internet and Wi-Fi connection. If you’re working from a studio or one-bedroom residence, a single router with multiple antennas should be sufficient and easily blanket your living and working space with a solid wireless connection. Desk and Workspace Solutions Lap Desk Working from home is not a vacation, despite how much it may feel like it at times. To that end, it’s a good idea to work at a desk or table like you might at the office, but not everyone has one at home. Enter the lap desk, which can help you stay focused and comfortable. Instead of lounging on the couch or in bed, constantly shifting around, a lap desk can accommodate a mouse and other items in an upright positi...

Oh, how the headlines blared: “…the 2016 bot paradigm shift is going to be far more disruptive and interesting than the last decade’s move from Web to mobile apps.” Chatbots were  The Next Big Thing. Our hopes were sky high. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the industry was ripe for a new era of innovation: it was time to start socializing with machines. And why wouldn’t they be? All the road signs pointed towards insane success. Messaging was huge! Conversational marketing was a sizzling new buzzword! WeChat! China! Plus, it was becoming clear that supply massively exceeded demand when it came to those pesky, hard-to-build apps. In fact, the only significant question around chatbots was  who  would monopolize the field,  not whether chatbots would take off in the first place : “Will a single platform emerge to dominate the chatbot and personal assistant ecosystem?” One year on, we have an answer to that question. No. Because t...