How Technology Helps Us Work

The New York Times has an interesting article today on how technology has been a blessing to workers for decades. Obviously it has made our jobs easier in terms of actually getting work done, but this piece focuses on how technology has helped us get through the work day, or made work more bearable.

One thing that I’ve noticed across the My Mobile Day series here on SMStextnews is how each contributor, at one point or another, uses their mobile purely for entertainment purposes. Myself, I use mine to download and listen to podcasts while blogging. When I had a desk job (in one of those horrid things called a cubicle), I brought my iPod along to have a soundtrack for my day.

I love reading the reports all the time about how technology is bad for office workers because it distracts them from important tasks and whatnot. I can think of several days that, without the help of music from a portable device, I would have likely gone bonkers.