Josh More's blog

Should we allow our employees to engage in social networking?

The question often comes up: Should we allow our employees to engage in social networking? The debate has raged for years, and surprisingly, it is still not settled. In general, the discussion tends to fall down four possible paths:

1) Social media reduces productivity
2) There are a lot of threats that comes from social media
3) Social media is a new technology and therefore is scary
4) Employees don't really need social media anyway

Malware ... and Flying Cars

In yesterday's world, you could get a computer virus and then launch a cleanup tool. Then, as it removed the infection, you were free to sit and ponder the lovely flying cars that we'd have in the future. Today, you could get a computer virus and never notice, then when you check your bank balance online, all your money could be transferred overseas while you ponder the fact we still don't have our flying cars.

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