A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
Submitted by on January 1, 1998
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“Time is money, people!”declares the vice-president in charge of finances as he rushes out
the doors of his office building onto the crowded streets of downtown. He is on his way to
an important meeting involving the future of his company. Once in a cab he takes notice of
the traffic and knows that he will be late. Out of his briefcase comes his mobile office:
laptop computer and digital camera connected via modem and cellular phone to the
conference room thirteen blocks away where he will be joining the others shortly. They
can’t afford to wait for him. Through video-conferencing they will start the meeting. After
all, time is money.
This business man is among the many others who are trying to compete in the “age
of information” where each day has only twenty-four hours in which one can strive to
become better...