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Air Time: Responsible Mobility: Page 3 of 3

Just as the automobile provided key benefits for widespread physical mobility, mobile information is largely a liberating phenomenon. But the revolution has a dark side, a struggle to ensure that
Dave Molta
June 13, 2006

Don't draw the wrong conclusion. I'm as big an advocate of mobile information systems as you'll ever find. I'm convinced that such systems have potential to make individuals and organizations more effective in advancing their goals. But ignoring the dark side won't make it go away.

Dave Molta is a Network Computing senior technology editor. He is also assistant dean for technology at the School of Information Studies and director of the Center for Emerging Network Technologies at Syracuse University. Write to him at [email protected]

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