Re: blogging: so easy it can be done by Wonkette’s cat
Tom Walker wrote:
In “The Real Reasons You’re Working So Hard…” http://biz.yahoo.com/special/workhard05_article1.html Michael Mandel and colleagues at BusinessWeek Online propose blogging — blogging! — as one potential cure for they call “this epidemic of long hours at the office”.You don’t believe me? Of course not, it would be a silly thing to say:
“Blogs, collaborative online databases (called wikis) and open-source software development all use the Net to handle much of the coordination among people rather than relying on top-down command and control. Such a shift to a digital spine could eventually lessen bureaucratic time burdens on overworked professionals, especially those in such high-cost industries as health care.”
The last time I heard anything that dopey was circa 1994 when this new thingy, the Internet was supposed to be going to foster genuine democracy.
And Michael Mandel really shook his pom-poms in that cheerleading squad. He was one of the prime ideologists of The New Economy. Not surprising to see him back on the job.
Doug
October 3rd, 2005 at 3:06 pm
Sorry, no pom-poms here. Open source software development has already thrown a scare into Microsoft, and the web is already enabling new forms of work organization which can compete effectively with corporations. I think that’s as good a bet as the New Economy was.