What a busy morning. There\u2019s an 8am webinar I\u2019d really like to take in, but I also need to be at a 9am Contact Center workshop in San Francisco, and then there\u2019s that short but important personal call I\u2019m expecting any time. Oh, and a guy\u2019s gotta eat, right? Yes, I want it all.<\/p>\n
Lefty O\u2019Doul\u2019s on Geary St is named for the legendary baseball great and close to the Westin, where the workshop is happening. It’s a tourist area, so the only thing it has in common with most Silicon Valley breakfast places is WiFi. I\u2019m the only person in there with a laptop out, trying not to appear\u00a0too out of place\u00a0(anywhere else and I\u2019d be an oddball if I DIDN\u2019T have a tech toy edging out the ketchup).<\/p>\n
Order placed, I join the webinar, happy that I can discreetly listen to the PC audio on my Bluetooth headset, a Voyager PRO UC. Food arrives. I dig in, graphs about mobile device adoption a moving backdrop to the Classic Irish breakfast in front of me. I might just be surfing baseball stats so far as anyone knows.<\/p>\n
And then that personal call comes in on my mobile, just an alert in my ear (my ringer\u2019s off, out of courtesy to others). A tap of the headset, the PC audio drops, the call is answered. I talk low to avoid drawing attention. No problem being heard by the caller, who imagines I\u2019m in my living room, not a bustling City eatery. And those around me think I\u2019m just muttering to myself about those stats I\u2019m discovering: darn those Yankees, and surely Giambi\u2019s \u201907 average was higher than that?<\/p>\n
Personal matter promptly resolved, another tap, the call drops and I\u2019m back in the PC audio. Shortly the webinar ends. With a few minutes to spare I use the headset to check out an MP3 file an excited pal sent me of his new band – life balance, right?<\/p>\n
I reflect on all I have just achieved. I\u2019m ahead of the curve personally and professionally, fed and watered, and haven\u2019t offended a soul. The smart headset made it simple. Shouldn\u2019t getting Giants tickets be this easy?<\/p>\n
And, talking at the workshop not half an hour later, I drop in a nugget I just learnt in the webinar. A solid base hit. I\u2019m sure Lefty O\u2019Doul would have approved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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