Unpredictable. Unfocused. Just like life.

When I installed a wireless network in my house a few years ago I used to tell people that I could work in the bathroom. I could, but I was kidding.

Apparently some people took the idea a bit more literally:

With a BlackBerry, two mobile phones, three office computers and wireless Internet for his car, Greg Shenkman is never far from his work. But recently the CEO of San Francisco-based Exigen Group eked out more productivity by wiring the final frontier: his bathroom.

When Mr. Shenkman answers the speaker-phone in his shower, the water automatically shuts off. He can open the front door for deliveries while shaving. He's also put the finishing touches on a waterproof computer that will let him answer emails from his sauna. "I took Gates a little too literally," he says. "The flow of information never stops."

Technology was supposed to make our lives easier and give us more free time. Instead it has merely pushed people to work longer and harder. If people are now working in their bathrooms, where do they go just to think?