Reach Out And See Someone

摘要

Business trips really should be a blast. You get to stay in fancy hotels, meet new people, and eat in restaurants every night, while your boss picks up the tab. The reality, of course, is that it's often lonely in those fancy hotels or in restaurants chowing down sushi or sauerbraten on your own. For me, the novelty quickly wears off, and I find myself craving the companionship and conversation I get at the family dinner table. The nightly phone call just doesn't cut it. So on a recent month-long trip to Asia, I decided to upgrade my communications. I packed a Webcam, one of those golf-ball-shaped jobs that you can stick on top of your computer to broadcast pictures on the Internet. Since most of the hotels I was booked in had highspeed Net connections and we had broadband and a Webcam at home, I figured it would be a breeze to set up a trans-Pacific video link.