This is what most people know in their hearts but companies refuse to believe, since an office without any walls is simply cheaper. Since "cheap" is not something companies like to be associated with, they use "transparency" and "open communication" and "spontaneity" as excuses.
Put together people who cannot think without talking aloud and people who cannot think when people are talking and you end up with a big mess.
I'm all for brainstorming and team work, it's just that for many the actual brain work just doesn't happen in a group.
Here's a nice rant about the dwindling rights of photographers to their images, using the Angry Birds dress photo as an example. The title might seem tacky to some, and it's included in the URL, so I shortened it: http://bit.ly/tGLRcd
Btw, not aiming this article at Neatorama at all, I just think the article makes a good point.
But...but...Santa Claus lives in the Finnish Lapland as everyone (including Bruce Springsteen) knows: http://www.santaclaus.posti.fi/
"Around Christmas 2001, Santa received 700,000 items by mail - letters, cards and parcels. So far, the elves have found 184 countries from which Santa has received a total of nearly eight million items in the past 20 years."
I agree with the article wholeheartedly. One of life's greatest pleasures is that one moment is different from another and not pounded into to similarity with social connectivity or micro entertaiment.
Just to ride on a bus, staring out of the window or to stand in line in your local grocery shop, thinking about whatever happened to that girl that was in your class. To not be able to read your local newspaper when abroad. Experiencing unpleasantry, embracing boredom.
Btw, I am not against any of the opportunities that modern technology offers, it's just that it's only one of the infinite number of ways of living our daily lives.
Put together people who cannot think without talking aloud and people who cannot think when people are talking and you end up with a big mess.
I'm all for brainstorming and team work, it's just that for many the actual brain work just doesn't happen in a group.
http://bit.ly/tGLRcd
Btw, not aiming this article at Neatorama at all, I just think the article makes a good point.
http://www.santaclaus.posti.fi/
"Around Christmas 2001, Santa received 700,000 items by mail - letters, cards and parcels. So far, the elves have found 184 countries from which Santa has received a total of nearly eight million items in the past 20 years."
http://puoti.pmk.posti.fi/gfx/flash/ItellaSheetFinal.swf
Just to ride on a bus, staring out of the window or to stand in line in your local grocery shop, thinking about whatever happened to that girl that was in your class. To not be able to read your local newspaper when abroad. Experiencing unpleasantry, embracing boredom.
Btw, I am not against any of the opportunities that modern technology offers, it's just that it's only one of the infinite number of ways of living our daily lives.