Comments on: Australian media misleads on social computing

By: Fabrizio

Fabrizio — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:08:02 +0000

Looking at it from a business management perspective, the real problem is not exactly social media, newspaper, tv, mobile phones or anything else that people use to shirk at work. As a general rule, if you can assess performance, these things should not be an issue; targets met, rewards follow. Targets consistently below expectation, well.. you lost your job!
If no performance measure is suitable for a specific team or role, I’m afraid a certain level of restriction is indeed necessary, as people will behave like irresponsible children more often that we imagine and it is just not economically viable to have managers baby-sitting them…

By: Something in the water… | acidlabs

Something in the water… | acidlabs — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:44:36 +0000

[...] for visiting!Somebody must have slipped something into the water at News Limited! After railing (1, 2) against them alongside a few fellow Aussie social media bloggers, today they have published a [...]

By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez

E L S U A ~ A KM Blog by Luis Suarez — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:30:35 +0000

Facebook ‘Costs Businesses Dear’ – Does It Really?…

I don’t have a Facebook account. At least, not yet, as I have mentioned in another blog post I shared over here not so long ago. But from that to say “[…] sites such as Facebook could be costing firms over £130m a day” is a bi…

By: Weekly Update 23rd August | Dipping into the Blogpond

Weekly Update 23rd August | Dipping into the Blogpond — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:48:55 +0000

[...] and Fairfax during the week, for being a major drain on the economy. This resulted in a resounding response from the blogosphere and a satirical post by Cam Reilly equating Facebook with newspapers. It seems [...]

By: Des Walsh

Des Walsh — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:41 +0000

You are spot on, Stephen. Sadly, this “story” is poisoned at the source, the outrageous bit of extrapolation by “SurfControl” (now there’s an interesting brand for the New Nanny Society). The underlying issues, as raised by you and Laurel, are far more important to the nation’s business – and government – than whether or not Kev went to a strip joint with a News Ltd exec and how much or little he can remember of it. But in the glorious tradition of the Australian media the non-story gets the airtime and the column inches, ad nauseam.

By: Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:57:59 +0000

@Jason – thanks for the comment.

As for the grammar, modern language rules (as opposed to the archaic ones I was taught in school in the 70’s and 80’s) suggest the me/I rule is now “Say the sentence with the other person’s name and the word and removed. If the sentence makes sense with I, use it. If the sentence makes sense with me, use it.”

So, my sentence makes sense using “me” rather than “I” and “me” it is.

By: Jason Preston

Jason Preston — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:15:02 +0000

So if I were the Australian media I’d be required to point out that it’s “Laurel and I” – OMG bad grammrz!

Fortunately I think that given a little bit of time, businesses will realize, media coverage or not, that they can earn some real benefits from spending time in social networks and social media.

Thanks for pointing me to your posts!

By: Man with no blog : » Why Social Networking is Evil - Gary Barber

Man with no blog : » Why Social Networking is Evil - Gary Barber — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:06:27 +0000

[...] painted as the bad boys on the block by the Australian Media, as pointed out by Laurel Papworth and Stephen Collins maybe there is more to this. Like email and the Web in general before them does Web based Social [...]

By: Calling Aussie media - do a positive story on social computing | acidlabs

Calling Aussie media - do a positive story on social computing | acidlabs — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 07:49:38 +0000

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By: barry.b

barry.b — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:47:44 +0000

It’s funny that there’s also horses for courses. I’ve set up a twitter account but after doing so will let it fade away. I don’t need George Orwells’ “Big Brother” to know about me every minute of the day. My friend who evangelises for Microsoft however, uses Twitter heavily, showing an inside view and just how much hard work he actually does behind the scenes.

I’ll be taking up blogging again after a huge hiatus because I can now use it for a new job (I’ve set a condition of employment to allow me to do so). I’ll be pushing the boundaries of education and the new web and a bit of a higher profile on what we’re doing – and why – certainly won’t hurt.