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A. T. Wyatt

Most Faculty Don't Use Twitter, Study Reveals -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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twitter faculty microblogging

shared by A. T. Wyatt on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • A. T. Wyatt on 26 Aug 09
     
    Article on twitter and faculty members in higher ed. I didn't see anything surprising in the findings!!!
Andrew Lyons

Why corporate IT should unchain our office computers. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine - 0 views

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shared by Andrew Lyons on 26 Aug 09 - Cached
  • The restrictions infantilize workers—they foster resentment, reduce morale, lock people into inefficient routines, and, worst of all, they kill our incentives to work productively. In the information age, most companies' success depends entirely on the creativity and drive of their workers. IT restrictions are corrosive to that creativity—they keep everyone under the thumb of people who have no idea which tools we need to do our jobs but who are charged with deciding anyway.
    • Andrew Lyons
      Andrew Lyons on 26 Aug 09
       
      Locking down computers has never worked to increase productivity, espacially in the information age when many of the social sites are also the more easily, quickly accessible information research access points.
  • The restrictions infantilize workers—they foster resentment, reduce morale, lock people into inefficient routines, and, worst of all, they kill our incentives to work productively. In the information age, most companies' success depends entirely on the creativity and drive of their workers. IT restrictions are corrosive to that creativity—they keep everyone under the thumb of people w
  • Here's why: The restrictions infantilize workers—they foster resentment, reduce morale, lock people into inefficient routines, and, worst of all, they kill our incentives to work productively. In the information age, most companies' success depends entirely on the creativity and drive of their workers. IT restrictions are corrosive to that creativity—they keep everyone under the thumb of people who have no idea which tools we need to do our jobs but who are charged with deciding anyway.
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  • Here's why: The restrictions infantilize workers—they foster resentment, reduce morale, lock people into inefficient routines, and, worst of all, they kill our incentives to work productively. In the information age, most companies' success depends entirely on the creativity and drive of their workers. IT restrictions are corrosive to that creativity—they keep everyone under the thumb of people who have no idea which tools we need to do our jobs but who are charged with deciding anyway.
  • Here's why: The restrictions infantilize workers—they foster resentment, reduce morale, lock people into inefficient routines, and, worst of all, they kill our incentives to work productively. In the information age, most companies' success depends entirely on the creativity and drive of their workers. IT restrictions are corrosive to that creativity—they keep everyone under the thumb of people who have no idea which tools we need to do our jobs but who are charged with deciding anyway.
  • Andrew Lyons on 26 Aug 09
     
    Locking down work computers has a psychological effect on employees that reduces productivity.
  • Andrew Lyons on 26 Aug 09
     
    Good article about the hazards of locking down your employee's computers and keeping them from optimising them for their own needs.
Vicki Davis

Jacques of all Trades - 1 views

jacquesofalltrades.tumblr.com/...educationfoundationsontwitter

education twitter

shared by Vicki Davis on 25 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Vicki Davis on 25 Aug 09
     
    Educational Foundations, Associations and Think Tanks on Twitter.
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