The only downside is that someone has to take notes, which can be hard while walking, unless you can remember everything.
For some reason, walking meetings tend to work like a memory palace for me.
Though I walk down a pretty specific set of landmarks and write notes afterwards, which is usually ordered by the walk trail landmarks & a follow-up would usually not need a set of notes either.
There was a time when the smokers used to be the ones to do this as a matter of habit - these days it is much healthier to do walk-talks.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/secrets-sherlock...
Not recommending that everyone try to learn this, but Wolfram has rigged up a laptop so that he can walk and work at the same time (scroll down to the photo of him w/ a hat in the woods and a walking desk to see what I mean):
https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2019/02/seeking-the-prod...
Half of it has.
Chorded keyboards are great, head mounted displays are still meh, but a typical smartphone is a wonderful display to strap to yourself.
Shameless plug: https://github.com/andrey-utkin/wearable-computer/
How fast can you type with it? Can it be easily used for key-combinations using modifier keys and such?
I'd say it's OK. It's not even remotely on par with typing speed on laptop-size keyboard, but I'd say it provides a reasonable trade-off. And it has enough keys to use desktop software without much pain one way or another.
If your office is near a forest or something, then it makes more sense.
Heck, we don't even always have privacy in office meetings due to lack of space.
I doubt it does. Everyone wears a smartphone these days. There's security cameras everywhere. Mics are everywhere.
But sometimes they can be from one task to another, especially if both people are going to another task (usually another meeting) in the same building.
Perhaps this is a good situation to use something like Voice Memos[0]. This way the scribe can speak the notes and transcribe later.
If not (and the grossness of sticking someone else's earbuds in your ears aside), I wonder if both people could wear an AirPod from a pair.
If Voice Memos does implement sharing, then you could potentially have 4 mics and start a walking podcast with guest appearances and all.
It would probably be easier to use a digital recorder or even a phone.