Thursday, February 03, 2005
You're not going mad.....
I recently read a wonderful book entitled The Inmates are Running the Asylum, in which Alan Cooper says if your computer drives you mad, it is not you to blame. The problem is that computers and their software are designed by computer geeks, and they just don't think the same way poor users like you and I think.
It would appear that things have become so bad across the Tasman that Australian workers are increasingly technophobic with almost half yearning for a time before mobile phones, email and text messaging.
One thousand Australian office workers were interviewed by recruitment agency Talent2 which found 54 per cent of them believed that technology, including mobile phones, mobile emails and laptops, made their working day far longer. It has also made workers more accessible to bosses, with 21 percent of respondents saying their employers text, email or phone them out of office hours to discuss business.
Australian workers firmly believed things had got worse at work because of technology. Thirty-nine percent said technological advancement had detracted from their personal lives and they would rather go back to a slower-paced time where workers could not be contacted after hours.
I recently read a wonderful book entitled The Inmates are Running the Asylum, in which Alan Cooper says if your computer drives you mad, it is not you to blame. The problem is that computers and their software are designed by computer geeks, and they just don't think the same way poor users like you and I think.
It would appear that things have become so bad across the Tasman that Australian workers are increasingly technophobic with almost half yearning for a time before mobile phones, email and text messaging.
One thousand Australian office workers were interviewed by recruitment agency Talent2 which found 54 per cent of them believed that technology, including mobile phones, mobile emails and laptops, made their working day far longer. It has also made workers more accessible to bosses, with 21 percent of respondents saying their employers text, email or phone them out of office hours to discuss business.
Australian workers firmly believed things had got worse at work because of technology. Thirty-nine percent said technological advancement had detracted from their personal lives and they would rather go back to a slower-paced time where workers could not be contacted after hours.
