Just so you know...
By Steve Brenneis
Ars Mens Mentis
They have blocked all of the blog sites at work. The proxy says they are blocked for "personal site" reasons. That means I will not be posting here or on the Bully Pulpit during weekdays.
Our network and desktop administrators become more Gestapo-like all the time. When I got my new laptop, I noticed that they had installed spyware on it to let them know what programs I have installed and what files I am downloading. The proxies were already filtering MySpace and Facebook.
It is a symptom of weak management. We are the telephone company, so it's not like the bandwidth usage is hurting us. The only reason to filter these sites is because they think employees will be spending too much time on them. I recall reading a study recently that showed higher productivity rates from employees who were allowed to occasionally use their connections to the Internet from work for activities not related to work. If an employee is spending so much time blogging or farting around on Facebook that their productivity suffers, that is an issue with that employee and his or her manager. Filtering these sites is a knee-jerk reaction, not good management.
Sometimes it makes me wonder if fascism isn't just a natural state of things for human beings. Depressing thought, that.
Ars Mens Mentis
They have blocked all of the blog sites at work. The proxy says they are blocked for "personal site" reasons. That means I will not be posting here or on the Bully Pulpit during weekdays.
Our network and desktop administrators become more Gestapo-like all the time. When I got my new laptop, I noticed that they had installed spyware on it to let them know what programs I have installed and what files I am downloading. The proxies were already filtering MySpace and Facebook.
It is a symptom of weak management. We are the telephone company, so it's not like the bandwidth usage is hurting us. The only reason to filter these sites is because they think employees will be spending too much time on them. I recall reading a study recently that showed higher productivity rates from employees who were allowed to occasionally use their connections to the Internet from work for activities not related to work. If an employee is spending so much time blogging or farting around on Facebook that their productivity suffers, that is an issue with that employee and his or her manager. Filtering these sites is a knee-jerk reaction, not good management.
Sometimes it makes me wonder if fascism isn't just a natural state of things for human beings. Depressing thought, that.
posted by Andy W. Rogers | 7:34 AM
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