In 1948, George Orwell made a scary and deadly accurate prediction of the future... although his 1984 was a few decades off, the message is quite clear and that imagined world is not far removed from the world we live in today...
The only reason I bring this up is because, over the last 3 years, my access to the outside world through work is slowly being denied... there is no way they will be able to cut me off, but they are making it much more difficult for me, and I am starting to get annoyed.
A scant few months after starting working for my current client, I was denied the use of instant messaging tools - this damaged my ability to communicate with co-workers (but mostly damaged my ability to randomly chat with friends to break up my work day) I will submit though that my productivity did increase, however slight, due to this fact.
Today, I have discovered that I have been denied access to Friendster, which has, of late, been one of my top 10 pass times when I'm bored at work... at least for the last four months now...
I understand the motives behind moves this company has been making, but I don't have to like them... they already probably know that I'm online most of the day on sites totally unrelated to work... they are probably watching me type this entry, and they probably know all of my passwords...
I dread the day when I will be not allowed access to Babiegoose.com - if that happens - you will find me curled into a fetal position, and there will be bitter weeping...
Bastards!
Damn The Man!
