A day without technology?
By Hilary Powell
Could you do it?
It’s a newsworthy challenge, and a new report says it could hurt your company financially.
An article recently topping a Yahoo! Tech news page details a study that found that banning personal use of tech tools in the office is costing British businesses billions.
A new study is claiming that by banning personal Internet use in the office (including video games, social networking, dating, shopping, personal email, or other non-work-related activities), British businesses are losing 4 billion pounds every year due to decreased productivity.
A psychologist at Goldsmiths University surveyed 1,700 people. He suggests giving workers 10-minute e-breaks. The breaks would show a sense of trust in the worker/boss relationship in the office, and might even help people focus, he said.
Imagine, a boss who understands needing your Facebook fix.
Back here in the states, the British study could have relevance for those who may be logging on, on the job. According to a 2007 survey conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a project that collects data on the impacts of the Internet, 70 percent of adults are online daily or several times a day.
Even outside the working world, young people are testing their need for technology.
In a Spring 2008 issue of Atemeisia magazine, a publication of the University of Nevada, writer Guia del Prado recounts the fear of going a day without technology.
As the primary means of communication in such a vast world, I couldn’t think about the dark screen of my phone or my laptop without panic.
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