TECNOSFERA

Leave me alone . . .: Where once our daily life interrupted our work, now our work interrupts our work. We have become enslaved to the very communications technology that was supposed to free us from office drudgery, from travel, from face-to-face meetings with disagreeable co-workers. There are hopes, however, that technology will once again come to the rescue. Software designed to prioritise communications and assess your "interruptability" is currently being tested by Microsoft. If it works it could become the electronic equivalent of an executive secretary, shielding you from unwanted and unnecessary intrusion.