The New Stance on IT: MOBILE DEVICES IN HAND, ELECTRICAL PROS ADOPT THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY POSE EOR SPEEDIER DIALOGUE

摘要

Head down, palm up. That's how we're choosing to engage with information technology nowadays, our eyes fixed - transfixed some would say - on smartphones and other mobile digital devices not just for fun and diversion, but for productive reasons, too. Electrical professionals are joining the wireless mobile fray, e-mailing, texting, navigating the web, and using the ubiquitous apps that deliver quick answers, manage and customize information consumption, and hasten communication. Now, with information at their fingertips, electrical pros at all levels are armed with ever more powerful on-demand IT capabilities. Tasks that used to demand laborious hand calculations or time-consuming diversions to consult hefty code books - and the conveyance of information via face-to-face meetings, phone conversations, and e-mails that are becoming the equivalent of smoke signals as expeditious means of communication - are being sped up and simplified.