How important is it to be at the forefront of IT, I wonder. This year alone I've probably lost upwards of 10 days productivity in learning the features of a new (to me at least) version of a major release of office software. Was it worth it? Time will tell.
The major plus point is that I'll now be very sympathetic when I see a presentation that is less than perfect as the text overruns the edge of the text boxes. The author probably had no idea of the lack of backwards compatibility of the product.
As for minus points, they're too numerous to state at present as I'm still on my learning curve, but at least I've encountered them in my own time at my convenience, with an academic community only too willing to help to solve problems. The cost to British industry however must be immense and one has to ask what the impact of this will be on future releases. Businesses may not want to invest the time in retraining staff in the future unless productivity increases can be assured in doing so.
Sunday 18 January 2009
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