Post-it notes - saviour?
Now before I start this post, I have to thank someone. He knows who he is, and it is at his suggestion that my blog is the perfect forum for such a rant that this post shall see the light of day. Well, isn't it lovely. I must say that I would love to come home and be greeted by such an exciting display. It gives me such a kick to realise that I could come home to ... this.
Really, there are limits to how many post-it notes one person can use in certain spaces. But I think what this highlights more than anything (apart from the millions a mining company is making) is that in an age of technology where:
* we have more bells and whistles than you can shake a stick;
* page formats which can be overhauled at the touch of a button; and,
* code can be refactored faster than you can recite the alphabet
we are incredibly inefficient at using time, or using it wisely. It is not a strange event to go to a house where all the shelves are labelled as to their exact contents - or permissible contents as the case may be. But one must ask, what is all the point of this; to be honest, it all seems a bit pointless.
This reminds me of children who construct elaborate systems to "organise" things, be it books, soft toys, puzzles, or whatever else. Anyway, children create systems which are so intricate and complicated that anyone else would need a large manual to understand how the system worked, and if said system was applied to someone like NASA, their launch sequence books would grow exponentially every time a screw was replaced - I forgot, that happens already (ergo, NASA is run by children).
Now, if we get back to the point, the travesty above is indicative of the world in which live. The paperless society now produces more paper than ever before. We write down more things, copy more things, buy more books (and read less of them). Yet the sole source of our efficiency has been improvements for technology. At the end of the day, we cannot look ourselves in the mirror and say, "Well, haven't we done a fine job." Let's be realistic!
Yet, maybe we should turn to companies, such as that particular mining company, and solve problems the corporate way. When divisions or products cause problems, they are axed. Maybe we could do the same for certain types of people ...
Walsingham Nut
Really, there are limits to how many post-it notes one person can use in certain spaces. But I think what this highlights more than anything (apart from the millions a mining company is making) is that in an age of technology where:
* we have more bells and whistles than you can shake a stick;
* page formats which can be overhauled at the touch of a button; and,
* code can be refactored faster than you can recite the alphabet
we are incredibly inefficient at using time, or using it wisely. It is not a strange event to go to a house where all the shelves are labelled as to their exact contents - or permissible contents as the case may be. But one must ask, what is all the point of this; to be honest, it all seems a bit pointless.
This reminds me of children who construct elaborate systems to "organise" things, be it books, soft toys, puzzles, or whatever else. Anyway, children create systems which are so intricate and complicated that anyone else would need a large manual to understand how the system worked, and if said system was applied to someone like NASA, their launch sequence books would grow exponentially every time a screw was replaced - I forgot, that happens already (ergo, NASA is run by children).
Now, if we get back to the point, the travesty above is indicative of the world in which live. The paperless society now produces more paper than ever before. We write down more things, copy more things, buy more books (and read less of them). Yet the sole source of our efficiency has been improvements for technology. At the end of the day, we cannot look ourselves in the mirror and say, "Well, haven't we done a fine job." Let's be realistic!
Yet, maybe we should turn to companies, such as that particular mining company, and solve problems the corporate way. When divisions or products cause problems, they are axed. Maybe we could do the same for certain types of people ...
Walsingham Nut
posted by RJGC | 8:45 pm
2 Comments:
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