Comic: Productivity

I hope you enjoy my latest web comic. I'm not sure yet if this will become a fixture or not, but I do enjoy doing them. Ideally I want to use them to challenge some of our core assumptions about working in the public sector. This one pretty much sums up today (click image to enlarge):



Ps - I'm also experimenting w/CafePress. If you want you can grab the productivity mug here; proceeds will be donated to the United Way Ottawa.

The Kübler-Ross Model of Internet Access Blocking

As a knowledge worker in the public service there is nothing more frustrating than being denied access to the knowledge you need to do your job. When it happens repeatedly over the course of a few hours it moves from slightly aggravating to completely demotivating.

Here is a quick comic I threw together using bitstrips about the 5 stages of internet access blocking at the workplace.

In a somewhat serendipitous manner, my friend Mark just created an awesome site called IsItSafe.ca.

The site itself specializes in URL/domain mini-Risk Assessments; read more about Mark's awesome efforts right here.