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June 1, 2007
Do You Lug Your Laptop on Vacation?
According to a new AP-Ipsos poll, one in five people bring their laptop with them on vacation:
Sun block. Beach umbrella. Laptop. One in five people toted laptop computers on their most recent vacations, an AP-Ipsos poll released Friday said. Along with the 80 percent who said they brought along their cell phones, the survey shows going on vacation no longer means being out of the electronic loop.Sizable numbers are interrupting their unwinding time to check in at the office and, even more so, to keep up with the social buzz.
About one in five said they did some work while vacationing, and about the same number checked office messages or called in to see how things were going, the poll showed. Twice as many checked their e-mail, while 50 percent kept up with other personal messages like voice mail.
Color me guilty.
From the looks of this poll, they seemed to be fishing to see if people were bringing along laptops as a way of keeping tabs on business while they're on holiday. Some examples they cite:
"I'm the final guy, so I make sure my customers are happy," said Don Schneider, 43, a plumbing contractor from Buena Park, Calif., who also runs an online business that supplies video equipment for plumbers....... "It's like a cloud hanging over my head until I get it done," Lee Ann Harrison, 37, a third-grade teacher from Halls, Tenn., said of the work she did on a family trip to Southaven, Miss., for her young son's baseball team. She said she found herself grading papers "between games, somewhere in the shade."
I'm sure that none of you is surprised I bring along a laptop when I'm on vacation. But it's not for why you'd think. If I merely wanted to keep up with email, I'd use my phone for that. I bring along my laptop so I can make media. I want to be able to post photos of Kayleigh playing with her cousins. I want to upload some audio I recorded of traffic in India. I want to blog about the amazing dinner we had last night. I want to create a video montage of all the cool places we visited that day. Forget work - I want my laptop with me so I can be creative. Because being creative is integral to how I relax - whether at home or on vacation. -andy
Tags: creativity | laptops | polls | relaxing | travel | vacation | work
Posted by acarvin at June 1, 2007 1:30 PM
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