Comments on: (Not) tweeting from City Hall

By: mike_b1

mike_b1 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:51:40 +0000

Treg, the Globe’s initial reporting said, “A law enforcement official described a harrowing scene in which patients and staff could hear Desrosiers’ sudden screams from inside a treatment room just after 2 p.m., prompting people to race toward the exits.”

They were “racing” toward the attacker, not the exits. In fact, there actually were multiple people who were injured trying to intervene.

By: Treg

Treg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:46:31 +0000

Mike, sorry, I was referring to your post regarding MGH.

By: mike_b1

mike_b1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:47:05 +0000

Treg, sure. During the 1990s, as companies were getting online, it was common for management to debate whether giving employees Web access was a good thing, or whether it was a time waster. Some studies — likely of dubious merit — suggested Web access cost companies as much as 30% in worker productivity.

We don’t hear that anymore, do we?

As I see it, “Facebooking,” “tweeting” and the rest are just the latest diversions. Are they really any worse incessant blog reading? As Local Editor notes, most of the people on this site post during working hours. Presumably, many of the posters are not retired or self-employed.

By: Treg

Treg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:36:50 +0000

mike_b1 – Care to elaborate?

By: Local Editor

Local Editor — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:47:23 +0000

I’d just like to point out that most of the people posting here (including me) are posting during working hours.

By: Mike F

Mike F — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:23:15 +0000

O-FISH-L: Two key words you use: pretty soon. If the time spent on FB and Twitter adds up to a substantial amount of time then I’d agree it should be curbed, but I don’t get the sense that that is the case here. Even then, I don’t think it’s a big deal. I do agree that it’s probably not bright to tweet about napping on the job, whether you mean it jokingly or not.

By: mike_b1

mike_b1 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:19:33 +0000

Similar statements (complaints?) were made about the Internet itself when companies first began allowing employees unfettered access. This, too, shall pass.

By: O-FISH-L

O-FISH-L — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:47:03 +0000

Mr. B1: I agree, but when the company is the government it’s probably best not to tweet about napping at work and Jon and Kate Plus 8.
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Mike F: To paraphrase U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL, 1950-1969), “a minute here and a minute there and pretty soon you’re talking real time.”

By: JennaMcWilliams

JennaMcWilliams — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:37:53 +0000

Hey Kennedy, you’re a master at pushing commenters to back up their assertions with real points. Keep it up.

By: Mike F

Mike F — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:41:02 +0000

I have to believe that the people upset by this don’t really understand how little time and effort it takes to use twitter or facebook (granted, one could waste plenty of time if they chose to.) Eagan clearly doesn’t get it.