I was in our nation’s capital the other day on some business and had a chance to glimpse what I am told is the office of the future. Looking for a place to stay, I used AirBNB, a nifty site which hooks travelers up with locals who want to rent out a room for a few days. I got hooked up with a lawyer who had a nice townhouse near the meeting venue. When I arrived, I called the number for the owner and he told me to go over to the townhouse, as he had an associate working there who would let me in. When I arrived, I met a very nice young man with a laptop and a cellphone with earbuds. Basically, he was carrying his office with him. He told me the firm he worked for did legal tech consulting work. Once he got me onto the wifi network, he disappeared into the kitchen where he worked quietly for the rest of the day while I unpacked and checked my email.

The next day, I was at a senator’s office when a “suspicious parcel” scare shut the building down for an hour or so. Because no one could leave the building, we were “sheltered in place” in a conference room with the office staffers and some other visitors. Later, they allowed us to leave through a back entrance which led us through the senator’s office. In one room, six young men were sitting elbow to elbow at a table, all on their laptops and all with earbuds in. I think they were doing constituent service. I pointed out to some of the folks with me that this was the office of the future.

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