Technology Departments

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on a talk given by Walter S. Mossberg, personal-technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal. At the Chronicle Presidents Forum, he begins his speech by "calling the information-technology departments of large organizations, including colleges, 'the most regressive and poisonous force in technology today.'"

His basic push is that by centralizing, IT departments prevent people from using the software tools that best accomplish the task they are trying to accomplish.

He also talks about the things that most people have in their pockets and purses as "the device formerly known as the cellphone." How true.

The link is here, but I think you have to have a subscription to view.