Sunday, September 15, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Waiting for "co-determination" movement to sweep Australia...
"A 2009 review article published in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Management found that 90% of studies looking at open-plan offices linked them to health problems such as stress and high blood pressure.
Although there is some evidence to show that younger employees value rubbing shoulders with more experienced colleagues, it seems that for many the cons outweigh the pros. A 2009 study in Sweden found that occupants of private offices were most happy with their environment, while most dissatisfaction was registered in medium and large open-plan offices.
In the 1970s, the "co-determination" movement swept across Europe. Legislation in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Italy gave workers a say in how companies were run and offices were designed.
That led ultimately to the rejection of office landscaping in Germany and in Scandinavia," says Frank Duffy. Northern European office buildings today are "highly cellular", he says, with everyone having "the right to a window they can open, a door they can shut and a wall they can beat upon.
In his 2000 book The European Office, Juriaan van Meel noted that in Sweden "almost everybody has a private office", while in Germany "open-office layouts are scarce" - although small teams sometimes shared a room.German office workers have an average 28.2 sq m of personal space. Their right to elbow room and daylight is enshrined in law.
In the UK and North America, by contrast, design is mostly driven by cost rather than worker satisfaction, and open-plan layouts remain the norm."
From The pleasures and perils of the open-plan office
By William Kremer | BBC World Service
In Australia, like UK, office landscape - open plan office layouts is driven by cost only.
The co-determination movement is still to sweep Australia ...if ever....
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
2013 Sand Sculpture Championship Windsor NSW
Sand with square grain is used for sand sculptures.
Welcome to "Return to Innocence" - Enjoy the Fairytales and Fables...hope you still remember them.
If not here is the complete album.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Current Global Economy - explained
Understanding the global crisis
60 Seconds Videos:
- Why is Italy in trouble - video
- Euro bailout fund -video
- How can countries go bust - video
- Why do banks go bust - video
- What is IMF - video
- What is ECB - video
- What is quantitative easing - video
- What is austerity - video
- What are bonds - video
- Does the west face stagnation? - video
- Spare a yuan? - watch Prof Michael Pettis, finance professor at Peking University, video.
- How might Greece leave the Euro
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
How to insert a you tube video into a ppt presentation
How to quickly insert a you tube video into a power point presentation without any additional conversion software.
That's all :-)
- Read this article from Online Tech Tips
- Use the ZAMZAR online service - the free service will keep your file for one day only, so you better be quick to download the converted file.
That's all :-)
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Interesting Technology Links for August 2011 - MMLP8
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Microsoft IE9 and Java Applets
IE9 has problems displaying the Java Applets and usually hangs or crashes:SOLUTION:
- Install the latest version of Java:
- Enable Compatibility view settings in IE 9 (this is essential to have Java applets working)
- Open IE 9 browser
- Click on Tools tab
- Click on Compatibility view settings option
- Click on Add button
- Add the website.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Birthday Restaurant
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
The vanished blog has not been recovered after two weeks
I just published a reply to a post claiming that the situation has been fixed...FAR FROM BEING TRUE !
Here is my reply to that:
http://www.seoalchemist.com/2011/05/google-blogger-glitches-posts%C2%A0vanish/#comment-25358
A recovery process that has not been completed after two weeks makes you wonder if they do have any decent backup processes in place after all.
I'm left to start again...
But I am very disappointed and frustrated, not so much by the glitch itself - we all know that it can happen, as by the total lack of communication and respect for users.
Here is my reply to that:
http://www.seoalchemist.com/2011/05/google-blogger-glitches-posts%C2%A0vanish/#comment-25358
A recovery process that has not been completed after two weeks makes you wonder if they do have any decent backup processes in place after all.
I'm left to start again...
But I am very disappointed and frustrated, not so much by the glitch itself - we all know that it can happen, as by the total lack of communication and respect for users.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Blogger Buzz: Blogger is back
Blogger Buzz: Blogger is back
...not really...
From Sydney, Australia , I created a blog on Thursday night May 12, installed the Innove template, added a page and 2 posts and went to sleep. On Friday 13th I observed I had no more access and even worse that there was no such blog. As it was a blog for work, at Sydney Uni, I would like to have that restored:
eie-ito.blogspot.com with title EIE IT Operations.
I could not find any way of communicating with blogger's people except for the blogger help forum,where I posted a question about my missing blog. I hope somebody from the blogger team is reading that...although they might be busy restoring...as they posted on http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
...not really...
From Sydney, Australia , I created a blog on Thursday night May 12, installed the Innove template, added a page and 2 posts and went to sleep. On Friday 13th I observed I had no more access and even worse that there was no such blog. As it was a blog for work, at Sydney Uni, I would like to have that restored:
eie-ito.blogspot.com with title EIE IT Operations.
I could not find any way of communicating with blogger's people except for the blogger help forum,where I posted a question about my missing blog. I hope somebody from the blogger team is reading that...although they might be busy restoring...as they posted on http://knownissues.blogspot.com/
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Links...and shells
my week-end interests through the focus of the links:
- DARKROOM-Le interviste di Repubblica: De Sica, Fiorella Mannoia, Lucio Dalla, Elio Germano, Isabella Rossellini ... http://tv.repubblica.it/static/darkroom.php
- Digital Photography School: The exposure triangle
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/learning-exposure-in-digital-photography - TSR Watermarker
http://www.watermark-image.com/default.aspx - Nielsen Norman Group...strategies to enhance the user experience...
http://www.nngroup.com/ - All royal wedding in 300 seconds :
http://tv.repubblica.it/dossier/nozze-william-kate/tutto-il-royal-wedding-in-300-secondi/67252?video=&pagefrom=1
Maria's shells
