Hi Bruce,
Bruce Martin wrote:
Dear Kay and others:
Mobile apps are convenient, but that very convenience has a downside. It may
cause such users to lack enough commitment to download and use the real
thing. This technical approach may provide too much convenience for this
reason - such users may never download and use Oo installed or go anywhere
further than that very minimal use.
Which basically is OK. At least I don't have the demand that everybody
becomes a power user :-)
In a workplace of any size (especially more than about 7 or 8 employees),
the computer environment must be closely supervised against improper use.
More or less agreed, though I believe that many / most users of OOo are
just consumers working in SOHO environments, without any supervisor or
professional taking care of proper software deployment, administration etc.
As a result the Sys Admin and/or the management will often want to restrict
the use of their computers to as simple and little as they possibly can, and
often disable the employees' ability to even use outside media, be it memory
sticks or other USB devices, discs etc. They may also restrict the internet
access to only a few websites relevant to their immediate business.
This may be typical.
Email is also snooped at, and no law about having to have the employee's
consent has any real effect, as such signed consent is simply made
obligatory from day one as a condition of employment.
To me this is the worst kind of business leadership, as the employer does
not foster a truly voluntary collaborative workplace and does not support
innovation or much self-improvement.
Agreed.
As a jobseeker, I want to see an employer who shows an attitude of true
leadership. If I see that he is already using Oo, that to me is one good
sign.
Agreed again.
If not, I will mention it to him and briefly explain the basic benefits and
capabilities, and look to see what the reaction (including body language and
tone of voice) is.
Good practice :-)
I will also attempt to schmooze what employees I can for similar attitudes
and degree of existing proactivity, look around the site to assess the
degree of cleanliness and order in relation to the type of business and
site. (I have worked in some sites that were filthy industries, but in such
a case, are they as clean and orderly as would be practical in light of the
type of operation? Is the office clean and orderly?)
Thus promoting any product or service is more a human/interpersonal issue
than technical, but the technical (and voluntary alignment to it) also has
to be adequate.
As a Toastmaster, I have given a number of speeches involving Oo, one to
compare it at a basic level with Microsoft office, and a number of others
using Impress with a DLP projector and a presenter to remote control (The
one I bought was made by Targus, works by radio, not infra-red, thus
avoiding the need for the speaker to move in positions that might lose eye
contact with his audience.) I have also given a speech about the use of this
using Impress.
Sounds good.
I think the original author wondered how we could provide access to OOo
even simpler than today, which mostly means downloading and installing
it. Some people do have problems downloading large files, others may not
even know how to or are not allowed to install software.
Ideally a user / consumer would just click a "link" on OOo to make it
available on their PC.
Cheers all,
Bruce Martin
(Canada)
Best
Kay
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