Comments on: Is social media making us dumber? http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264 Three Keys to a Winning IT Department - Technology, Business, and People Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:49:41 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MikeKavis http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264&cpage=1#comment-1171 MikeKavis Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:14:24 +0000 http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-1171 @Hans LOL. Yes, it can be productive. For example, I am more current on the health of my fantasy football players now ;-] @Hans

LOL. Yes, it can be productive. For example, I am more current on the health of my fantasy football players now ;-]

]]> By: Hans Voss http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264&cpage=1#comment-1170 Hans Voss Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:39:53 +0000 http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-1170 (cont'd from previous comment): So, if used correctly, it might make \us\ (for some specific values of us ;-) smarter. Or, at least, better able to process, relate and figure out all this information (as in exercise make information overload better to handle). (cont’d from previous comment):

So, if used correctly, it might make \us\ (for some specific values of us ;-) smarter. Or, at least, better able to process, relate and figure out all this information (as in exercise make information overload better to handle).

]]> By: Hans Voss http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264&cpage=1#comment-1168 Hans Voss Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:37:04 +0000 http://www.kavistechnology.com/blog/?p=1264#comment-1168 And of course this is also just an opinion and not necessarily an established fact ;-) I fear that you may be right in most cases. I try to really think about what I am reading and why I should agree or not. The advantage of being 'plugged in' in a lot of places (a gazillion RSS feeds + twitter + facebook, etc.) is that if you see a similar (or an opposing) "comment" somewhere you can relate these together to form your own opinion. The disadvantage of course being that you'll have to... And of course this is also just an opinion and not necessarily an established fact ;-)

I fear that you may be right in most cases. I try to really think about what I am reading and why I should agree or not. The advantage of being ‘plugged in’ in a lot of places (a gazillion RSS feeds + twitter + facebook, etc.) is that if you see a similar (or an opposing) “comment” somewhere you can relate these together to form your own opinion. The disadvantage of course being that you’ll have to…

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