Not quite dooced
But no more posts for the workplace.
And for the time being it is a matter of option.
I've just seen data from traffic analysis. Over a thousand users blogging or accessing blogs. The bandwidth wasted and the use times are enormous.
Of course each user probably thinks that the time spent surfing blogs is no big deal, but in a large organization it builds up to something considerable.
For now nobody is checking who is doing what, and probably nobody will. Still the access to blogs will probably be filtered soon. And yes, if you are wondering I agree it should be filtered and for the most part blocked.
True enough I only used to blog from work when I had some spare time, but with so many people blogging and/or reading blogs there I bet the same didn’t apply to everybody. This may of course affect my daily posting, I don’t think I will always get home in the mood for blogging, surely not in the days when I get home in the wee hours of dawn… But after watching the global picture I think it is for the best and I couldn’t take a different decision.
And for the time being it is a matter of option.
I've just seen data from traffic analysis. Over a thousand users blogging or accessing blogs. The bandwidth wasted and the use times are enormous.
Of course each user probably thinks that the time spent surfing blogs is no big deal, but in a large organization it builds up to something considerable.
For now nobody is checking who is doing what, and probably nobody will. Still the access to blogs will probably be filtered soon. And yes, if you are wondering I agree it should be filtered and for the most part blocked.
True enough I only used to blog from work when I had some spare time, but with so many people blogging and/or reading blogs there I bet the same didn’t apply to everybody. This may of course affect my daily posting, I don’t think I will always get home in the mood for blogging, surely not in the days when I get home in the wee hours of dawn… But after watching the global picture I think it is for the best and I couldn’t take a different decision.
posted by DCveR at 2:35 PM
7 Comments:
I agree with tgov, we readers will be patient. Ah, but some of us might be fickle. And some might even tap their feet, just because they can. But in the main I suspect we'll be patient. Unless you fail to come through with the blog goods, then we shall be impatient, fiery, angered, disappointed, disjointed, disturbed. Perhaps it would be best if you just keep up the good work then. From home if necessary. We readers will be patient...
Will be patient; yes. But for the common good of corporate productivity; no! I grant your own conciousness as the best parameter here, but I hope that isn't based on hours and productivity according to your boss... Having bad conciouness on behalf of others peoples moneymaking is never good...
A difficult dilemma. Now that I've been forced into semi-retirement I can blog away from home most of the time (because I can't find any real work worth doing) with a fairly clear conscience (although I should be searching more diligently for something to supplement my pension).
When I was employed I often used my work computer and the network to read the newspapers and to write them letters but I hadn't started blogging then. I took the view that I spent less time than many other people did talking about the weather, football, drinking exploits, scandals etc so overall I wasn't 'wasting' any more company time than most of my colleagues.
I hope you can find some time to keep your site going.....
tall glass: The eventual stepping down is not intentional, but I figure some days I will arrive home too tired to even read any blogs let alone post...
dan: I'll do my best to keep things going as steady as usual.
isa, isae: To a point is a productivity issue, not mine though. The reason I prefer to have it blocked from work machines is that if people 'under' me are blogging instead of working instead of doing it in their idle time I am the one who gets stuck having to do both my job and theirs. So the way I see it basically it is a survival question.
hugh: When there was free access to some 'other' sites some users used to have like 6 hours of heavy internet use per day, then we had to block those said sites. This is turning out to be almost as bad.
christine: I'll try, I'll try...
Hmmm...I think that blogs are evil because they break down my work ethic, especially when I think to myself, "Gee, I haven't read DCvR's blog in a couple days....I should just run over there real quick and see what he's posting!" Well, and then I read this!
Guilty. Guilty as charged. Blogs must go.
bunny jo: Dang! This post is starting to backfire on me...
Is it just blogs or general surfing on company time that is the problem? Surfing is so NOT anonymous, no matter what computer you're using!! How many people work at your place, DC?
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