As I sit alone in the Relatives Room outside the operating theatres at Christchurch Public Hospital, there is one constant sound and some periodic discordant ones. The constant sound is the ceiling fan, forcing a circulation of air in the room. The periodic discordant ones include doors banging […]
Clipsi is a soon-to-be-released social collaboration tool that enables people to share content snippets in a central location, and discuss / collaborate around them. Snippets can be organized into themes. Snippets retain their linkage back to the source web page or file. The video above gives some more […]
A new study published by the University of Sydney calls into question the value of open plan offices yet again. “Open plan offices attract the highest levels of worker dissatisfaction, with cramped quarters, lack of privacy and noise topping the list of gripes, a large study has found. […]
Christina at Inc. writes about three fallacies about working from home, and points to a soon-to-be-released book by the founders of 37signals on the benefits of remote working. “The authors’ viewpoints are certainly biased–37signals’ products are well-suited for remote workers who need to work on projects with others […]
Microsoft is working on a second generation of its Surface tablet. Mary reports a few details: – There’s a Surface 2 Pro and Surface 2. The latter replaces the Surface RT, but will still run the Windows RT operating system. – It will have a faster processor, a […]
Back in 2006 Eric posted about the new Ultra Widescreen Tablet PC. It was a well-played April Fool joke, but thanks to Panasonic, it’s no longer a joke. “Panasonic today unveiled Toughpad 4K UT-MB5, the world’s first 20 inch tablet with a 4K resolution display designed for sales, […]
BCSocial posted an infographic listing ten reasons why a social collaboration platform might be needed, including: 1. Email overload. 3. Too little time for creative thinking. 6. Slow response time to client requests, … and more. See the infographic on BCSocial
Arne points to a Swedish company – EGBS – offering public courses on reducing email addiction: “The “stop mailing” training course does not focus on the stress factors, but rather on what you get out of your mailing. EGBS promises that you during the course will get a […]
Apple’s latest new product fest is almost here, and there are a range of articles competing to best call the details based on rumour and hearsay in advance of the actual event. The world will know all of the details within 24 hours, so there is no point […]
A commonly used strategy to support user adoption is classroom training. Classroom training can be designed in a variety of ways, by emphasising different design factors. One of those design factors is the choice to use internal trainers or external trainers. There is a short analysis of this […]
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