Internal Wi-Fi

“Trying to make sure that everyone gets the information they need, in the fashion they need to look at it, can be a real challenge,” he says. “It’s not enough to understand the technology; you need to understand how people in various departments process the information they receive. At first blush, it sounds like everyone wants the same information, but when you get right down to it, they each want it parsed out differently.”

“There are a lot of stakeholders involved,” he adds ruefully.

Lisa Anderson Mann is a freelance writer living in Northern California. She once asked a friend to build her a Pringles Can WiFi Antenna, but gave it up when she was told she would have to lose two of her favorite trees to get sightlines.