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According to this article in the NewYorker productivity is falling
No mention of IT in the article, but in fact IT is responsible.
Instead of a few meeting notes we have endless powerpoint slides
Instead of a sketch on paper we have endless Visio redrafts
Instead of a quick business letter we have endless reformatting
Instead of conversations we have endless email chains
All wastes time
Well, IT helps us to solve the problems we would'n have without it. But there are policies that tweak performance.
It's bloat, pure and simple.
Consider that I can create and print a document using Wordstar or create and print a spreadsheet using Visicalc (both running on DOS 3.3) MUCH faster than I can perform the exact same task(s) using anything that Redmond is currently pushing.
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Why knuckle down to drafting that hideously tedious and meticulous strategic policy document regarding the intricacies of the proposed inter-organisational departmental restructuring arising from the forthcoming merger, when you could comparatively pleasantly while the afternoon away jousting with Office's auto-bulleting?
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