Stephen E. Arnold: The IT Productivity Myth

Productivity and Information Technology: A Myth? According to the IT Pro Portal article, “Workers Aren’t Convinced IT Departments Are Making Them More Productive” United Kingdom workers believe that their IT departments are not the centers of productivity (the title says it all).

Stephen E. Arnold: Digital Ocean Will Shut You Down Without Warning Based on Flawed Automatic Monitoring Programmed by Morons Lacking Adult Override

Editorial Note: Robert Steele wrote the PBI title. Frisky Language Aside: An Important Cloud Message I don’t know much about Digital Ocean, droplets, Checkly, Raisup, “”or the other Fancy Dan technologies mentioned in the write up. I usually ignore articles with unpleasant language. I worked through this write up because in Myrtle Beach at the …

Stephen E. Arnold: Seriously Stupid at Yale — Mobile Search vs. Library Stacks

Books and Learning: Go Mobile, Stay Clueless I read “The Books of College Libraries Are Turning into Wallpaper.” The main idea is that today’s students are not using libraries to locate books which are then read, thought about, and analyzed in order to: Learn Find useful facts Exploit serendipity Figure out which source or sources …

Stephen E. Arnold: Amazon Reviews – Fake? Robert Steele: Banned, Deleted, Dishonest, & Worthless

Amazon Reviews: Factual or Fakey? Here’s a handy set of tips for the online shopper—LifeHacker tells us “How to Spot Fake Reviews on Amazon.” Writer Brendan Hesse grants there are innocent reasons for incorrect reviews at Amazon, like a user accidentally posting their review in the wrong place, or a software snafu inserting the wrong …

Stephen E. Arnold: Amazon Update

Amazon Update List only: Amazon and Google: Learning to Coexist Amazon: Staff Management: Energy and Green Edition Amazon Partners: Implementing the New, Improved IBM Approach to Sales Continues Amazon: Going the Right Direction Says Yahoo, Verizon, Oath, AOL or Whatever Read expanded post.