Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!atha!kevinc From: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Kevin Crocker) Newsgroups: comp.groupware Subject: Re: Groupware Effects on Hierarchies Message-ID: <1989@aurora.cs.athabascau.ca> Date: 13 Jul 90 04:12:28 GMT References: <1990Jun24.130413.16511@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <2092@east.East.Sun.COM> <1990Jul1.210621.13137@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <1984@aurora.cs.athabascau.ca> Organization: Athabasca University Lines: 38 Cc: kevinc O.K. Alan, I'll bite. Here's what you stated and folowing is how I would respond. In article wex@sitting.pws.bull.com (Buckaroo Banzai) writes: >Let's try this: Kevin, which (if any) of the three calendars and associated >functions would you be willing to have automated (assuming the relevant >persons - wife, secretary, you, etc.) had access to the same online >calendar. First off we don't have groupware here so there is practically no way that anyone could cross the invisible private or personal spaces associated with this type of process. However,... I am in the process of automating my personal calendar which has both advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include more control and more privacy and less likelihood of transgressions. disadvantages are less flexibility, less portability, and the loss of some ability to permit others to "suggest" appointments. The interesting thing is that I leave my office open and people often put little pink slips about meetings on my chair. They don't paste stickies to my screen as I have made it abundantly clear that I don't enjoy cleaning glue off my monitor. Still, some people still will not even enter my office (it has nothing to do with the fact that my office looks like a bomb site :-)) becasue of their cultural background that has different rules about personal and private space. This kind of thing is very individual and extends into the technological environment, at least IMHO. BUT, to get back to the question. Although my norms, cultural background and experience would make me want to make my private schedule closely held, I think that I would like to try it out to see. KEvin -- Kevin "auric" Crocker Athabasca University UUCP: ...!{alberta,ncc,attvcr}!atha!kevinc Inet: kevinc@cs.AthabascaU.CA