Missing a goal at your kid's soccer game? Pretending to pay attention to your date while working under the table?
I think that's what David is addressing.
And how many people, later in life, are going to go "damn, I really wish I had finished the Schiller report on time" as opposed to "damn, I wish I had worked harder on my relationship with Jill".
To you, Microsoft is selling the concept of the "freedom" to attend to minor work-related tasks without having to go into the office. But to management, Microsoft is selling the concept of being able to reach out and task their people for more hours during the day, to improve productivity.
This is a mess, and anybody who thinks that Office 365 is going to improve the "life" side of "work-life balance" needs to put down the Kool-aid. Bad bosses -- and they are legion -- will take advantage of this capability.
David is right to call this out.
Example:
MS creates online-powered tools: David is not happy because it means MS is advocating ignoring everything around you while working.
MS does not create online-powered tools: David is not happy because MS does not create online-powered tools like, for example, google does.
>For your business, this means every employee and everyone you work with can be productive from anywhere, using any device with an Internet connection.
>Free your team from cubicles
>Access your work from any device with a web browser – your computer, phone or tablet – and stay productive even when you’re away from the office.
>Need to attend a meeting from your kid’s soccer game?
Getting work done away from the office? Beautiful. Great. Love it. I'd love to be able to get some work done on the train, or waiting for a plane. I'd love to be able to shoot a quick reply to my boss while waiting to check out at the grocery store. That's empowerment, and I'm all for it. They could have created ads about this. They let me turn down time into productivity. Awesome.
But instead they created ads about how instead of doing things I enjoy doing, I can work instead. Missing your child's big moment because your nose is buried in work? Check. Ignoring your friends/date at dinner time because your nose is buried in work? Check check.
I want tools that let me more more efficiently from more places. I want tools that enable me to go to dinner with my friends and not have to look at my phone.