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“ Re:I miss my pager all the time. (Score:5, Interesting) by RustinHWright (1304191) on Tuesday November 11, @05:23AM (#25718081) Truth is, I’ve been planning to get one of those Voyager-type phones with the less tiny QWERTY keyboard sometime in about a month. Or maybe a Nokia N810. Or iPhone. Last month I bought an HP 2133. Add to that my internet phone and I’m *hoping* that some time this spring I’ll be able to build some interlocking system using all three that manages to do an almost passable job of providing the kind of gatekeeper and message pre-sorter functions that I took for granted long about ‘95. One of my oldest friends and I periodically argue about this kind of thing and I’ve long been saying that we’re going to see the return of the human secretary. My friend used to argue fiercely for technological fixes like agents and groupware but as the years pass he’s coming around. Personally I think that much of what we’re talking about here is about judgement. And in a world of accelerating change, there will always be a lag for entrepreneurs in trying to make any expert system understand the nuances that a typical fifties secretary could handle just fine before her coffee with half of her attention. Some of this will probably be outsourced to people in places like India but I’m betting that groups like physically disabled workers or those looking for telecommuting options right here in the developed world will work out just fine for most of us who really need it. Frankly, I don’t know about y’all but I’m trying out a new assistant on Wednesday. I’ve been a geek for going on thirty years and afaic some jobs are just not best addressed with technology.

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