I've talked to a few folks lately and a common theme had come up. Portable personal information.
For whatever reason we seem to have a lot of things to keep in our memories lately. Too much. So shortcuts need to be found. As an example lets take a single scenario, sending flowers to mom.
You're on a business trip, find a nice little spot around 6 to have a drink, a bite to eat, and to unwind. The phone rings, dad, so you decide to chat. Yep, things are good; no, not too busy; tomorrow? yeah, i forgot; getting right on it. Deep sigh, attempt to dry the ice, and start thinking about the task at hand.
You need a couple of things, credit card and mom's address at a minimum. Login to the online florist of choice might help. At one point in time you might have pulled out your address book, walked to the nearest florist, and pulled out a checkbook. A few years ago you might even have pulled out your palm pilot, taken out that one credit card you use for online transactions, and walked over to the nearest cyber cafe.
Today you want to use a virtual credit card number. You also don't want to walk around with the IT utility belt full of blackberry, pager, two cell phones, and a PDA. Most modern corporate IT policies make no pretense about the fact that everything on your company supplied system belongs to the company. This goes for the phone too, since everyone needs to have that smartphone with email capability. Attached to the corporate network? Belongs to the company.
So, how to I get access to my sensitive personal information anywhere I want to be? Thoughts?
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